---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise drug scheduling laws"
description: "Revise drug scheduling laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 274"
citation: "Montana SB 274 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albert Olszewski"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-30"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62e34641-1e48-42ae-ad1e-e177c7d30c81"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=274&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "f19e03273ef0ffaed90adbffb5c140fcb61f3f578bfdeb5cf53c98b4371a20b8"
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 274 (2019) — Revise drug scheduling laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0274_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0274_1.pdf)
2. **SB0274_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0274_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0274.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **35–13** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albert Olszewski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-30** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-11** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-14** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-15** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-15** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-15** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-16** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Hearing
- **2019-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Hearing
- **2019-03-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-02** Signed by President
- **2019-04-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62e34641-1e48-42ae-ad1e-e177c7d30c81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).