---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise medical marijuana laws"
description: "Generally revise medical marijuana laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 265"
citation: "Montana SB 265 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Legislature", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Jacobson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 68
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-11-14"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a25d6c2-b6a9-42a5-bebd-84ac8cbee843"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=265&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "17845e9fdd733e7b44640e42920f68ad595866526f02ef91a764974ac3fada8c"
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 265 (2019) — Generally revise medical marijuana laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0265_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0265_1.pdf)
2. **SB0265_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0265_2.pdf)
3. **SB0265_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0265_3.pdf)
4. **SB0265_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0265_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0265.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **68–32** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **66–31** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Webb D/CONCUR — **36–64** (fail) · lower
- Do Pass — **37–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tom Jacobson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-14** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-24** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-24** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-08** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-08** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-11** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-12** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-12** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-13** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-21** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-21** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-21** Legal Review Note
- **2019-02-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-22** Hearing
- **2019-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to House
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-03** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-04-04** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-04-05** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-09** Hearing
- **2019-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-15** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-04-15** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Hearing
- **2019-04-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** 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/4a25d6c2-b6a9-42a5-bebd-84ac8cbee843`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).