---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise agricultural commodity licensing laws"
description: "Revise agricultural commodity licensing laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "Montana SB 73 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Hinebauch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-09-07"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f9fe59e-2090-478e-a4ec-1c80455ae69c"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=73&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "2f4f68dc2c64f7ab1941dd82c0ba4e0d3c216127effb9b3f251b81201627ff0c"
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 73 (2019) — Revise agricultural commodity licensing laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0073_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0073_1.pdf)
2. **SB0073_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0073_2.pdf)
3. **SB0073_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0073_3.pdf)
4. **SB0073_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0073_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0073.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **87–10** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **84–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Hinebauch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-07** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-03** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2018-12-03** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-04** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-05** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-14** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-01-29** Hearing
- **2019-02-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-06** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-11** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-12** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Hearing Canceled
- **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
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** 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
- **2019-04-11** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-12** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-17** 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/1f9fe59e-2090-478e-a4ec-1c80455ae69c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).