---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide milk price forward contacts"
description: "Provide milk price forward contacts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "Montana SB 131 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Livestock (see also: Agriculture; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel R Salomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-11-27"
last_action: "2021-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38e99c04-f6a9-44cd-9936-500e1ac04fdc"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=131&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "15f13c144c6ce177f09c21a2bb97f5846e6aacee5ea6f2b605ff231f8eca75bc"
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 131 (2021) — Provide milk price forward contacts

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0131_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0131_1.pdf)
2. **SB0131_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0131_2.pdf)
3. **SB0131_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0131_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0131.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel R Salomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-27** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-01** Draft On Hold
- **2021-01-12** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-01-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-19** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-19** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-20** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2021-02-03** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-19** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-20** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-23** Referred to Committee - (H) Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Hearing - (H) Agriculture
- **2021-03-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Agriculture
- **2021-03-17** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Agriculture
- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-19** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-01** Signed by President
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-12** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38e99c04-f6a9-44cd-9936-500e1ac04fdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).