---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide fund transfer for livestock losses"
description: "Provide fund transfer for livestock losses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 58"
citation: "Montana SB 58 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Livestock (see also: Agriculture; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 66
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-09-15"
last_action: "2021-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85cfee16-b7c4-452e-be5e-e56c8026ab7a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=58&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "2c2aa96e5e407c9bcaa1e203c1e2acebfac03ad164ad59b4ae5e08a65d8de3ab"
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 58 (2021) — Provide fund transfer for livestock losses

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0058_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0058_1.pdf)
2. **SB0058_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0058_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0058.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **23–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-15** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-11** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-03** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-08** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-08** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-09** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-09** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-09** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-09** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-10** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-12** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-12-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2020-12-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-12-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2020-12-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-17** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-04** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-05** Referred to Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-07** Sponsor List Modified
- **2021-01-08** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-11** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-11** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-11** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-11** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-14** Hearing - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2021-01-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-19** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-01-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-29** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee - (H) Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing - (H) Agriculture
- **2021-02-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Agriculture
- **2021-02-17** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Agriculture
- **2021-03-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-18** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-19** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-23** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-30** Signed by President
- **2021-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-31** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** 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/85cfee16-b7c4-452e-be5e-e56c8026ab7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).