---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise eligibility for livestock loss payments"
description: "Revise eligibility for livestock loss payments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 133"
citation: "Montana SB 133 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Livestock (see also: Agriculture; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Gillespie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-12-15"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3f6dbe9-67c1-4495-a33a-823fef24f831"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=133&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "388f40ad1e42053f12d2a618eee1f9e13db41eb8c59e1dd3e1a11a1471244c28"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
---

# Montana SB 133 (2019) — Revise eligibility for livestock loss payments

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB0133_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0133_1.pdf)
2. **SB0133_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0133_2.pdf)
3. **SB0133_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0133_3.pdf)
4. **SB0133_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0133_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0133.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **82–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **77–22** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce Gillespie — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-12-15** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-15** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-15** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-15** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-17** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-23** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-23** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-24** Hearing
- **2019-01-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-04** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-05** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-05** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-27** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3f6dbe9-67c1-4495-a33a-823fef24f831`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).