---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to dispensing of drugs by medical practitioners"
description: "Revise laws related to dispensing of drugs by medical practitioners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 374"
citation: "Montana SB 374 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Professions and Occupations Generally", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cary Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-12"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75b3e691-0ae4-4741-a88b-5f2892e0c2c5"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=374&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "c0e8d633dae86a2644990912ad75793d2175a18d01361f90ad1b6b15c4e9c8a4"
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 374 (2021) — Revise laws related to dispensing of drugs by medical practitioners

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0374_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0374_1.pdf)
2. **SB0374_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0374_2.pdf)
3. **SB0374_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0374_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0374.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **85–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **85–13** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cary Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-12** Draft Request Received
- **2021-03-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-03-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-03-10** Draft in Edit
- **2021-03-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-03-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-03-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-03-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-10** Executive Director Review
- **2021-03-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-03-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-11** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-03-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-12** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-03-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-12** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-12** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-22** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-03-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-24** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-03-24** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-06** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Transmitted to House
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-04-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-04-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Returned to Senate
- **2021-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-30** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-30** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11** 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/75b3e691-0ae4-4741-a88b-5f2892e0c2c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).