---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for the Montana Local Food Choice Act"
description: "Provide for the Montana Local Food Choice Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "Montana SB 199 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 62
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-11-02"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1ee95ce-8262-457b-a66c-4f76bddaf5da"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=199&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "c61fe918c921fa91ef6ea38660c3e7aa642d819557ca9e54656632bc81c5e430"
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 199 (2021) — Provide for the Montana Local Food Choice Act

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0199_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0199_1.pdf)
2. **SB0199_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0199_2.pdf)
3. **SB0199_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0199_3.pdf)
4. **SB0199_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0199_4.pdf)
5. **SB0199_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0199_X.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0199.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass As Amended — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **14–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **70–26** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Hertz D/PASS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **69–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-02** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-28** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-02** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-06** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-06** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-06** 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
- **2021-02-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-16** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-22** Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-02-24** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-01** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-01** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to House
- **2021-03-02** Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2021-03-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Human Services
- **2021-03-30** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Human Services
- **2021-03-30** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-15** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-23** Signed by President
- **2021-04-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** 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/a1ee95ce-8262-457b-a66c-4f76bddaf5da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).