---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Montana hemp laws"
description: "Revise Montana hemp laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 177"
citation: "Montana SB 177 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Jacobson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-14"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93df707c-b618-4461-800e-ceb403ea1768"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=177&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "93d039d37d546fae7a8e60f960cc8935f1defa33451d00613b16b55fc57635ed"
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 177 (2019) — Revise Montana hemp laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0177_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0177_1.pdf)
2. **SB0177_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0177_2.pdf)
3. **SB0177_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0177_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0177.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tom Jacobson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-14** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-21** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-08** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-09** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-09** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-09** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-10** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-10** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-26** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing
- **2019-02-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-19** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing
- **2019-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-29** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **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
- **2019-04-03** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-15** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93df707c-b618-4461-800e-ceb403ea1768`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).