---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate the organic commodity advisory council"
description: "Eliminate the organic commodity advisory council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 269"
citation: "Montana HB 269 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Rule Making", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Tilleman"]
version_count: 32
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-11T22:40:23+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-06T03:43:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3872b5af-c2db-4424-a5c9-e6474f42fc3c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2858?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "a078c7613e10e856704025e9139b81a679e0f04f08edc83a1bc0037875c07761"
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 HB 269 (2025) — Eliminate the organic commodity advisory council

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0269.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277335)
2. **HB0269.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277330)
3. **HB0269.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277332)
4. **HB0269_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273583)
5. **HB0269_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275445)
6. **HB0269_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276493)
7. **HB0269_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279193)
8. **HB0269_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279194)
9. **HB0269_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279195)
10. **HB0269_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279196)
11. **HB0269_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273240)
12. **HB0269_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279198)
13. **HB0269_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283172)
14. **HB0269_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302384)
15. **HB0269_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308276)
16. **HB0269_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308277)
17. **HB0269_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308278)
18. **HB0269_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279199)
19. **HB0269_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279200)
20. **HB0269_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279222)
21. **HB0269_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279224)
22. **HB0269_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279225)
23. **HB0269_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279235)
24. **HB0269_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279236)
25. **HB0269_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279257)
26. **HB0269_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279197)
27. **HB0269_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316829)
28. **HB0269_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320405)
29. **HB0269_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324618)
30. **HB0269_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326693)
31. **HB0269_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310889)
32. **LC2858.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272305)

## Votes

- do_pass_as_amended — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eric Tilleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-11T22:40:23+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-12T22:55:03+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-14T18:09:09+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-01-14T18:09:58+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-01-14T18:12:33+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-01-15T19:55:02+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-16T18:24:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-17T01:46:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-17T15:46:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-18T15:53:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-20T18:27:28+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-20T22:09:57+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-21T21:54:59+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-21T22:27:33+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-22T18:02:50+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22T20:09:38+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-23T16:33:40+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Agriculture
- **2025-01-24T20:04:30+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-24T22:08:24+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-24T23:39:46+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-04T22:17:25+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T20:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-10T21:33:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11T21:41:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-11T22:18:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-12T20:18:34+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-17T19:40:57+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T19:28:35+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2025-04-01T21:29:42+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2025-04-02T19:39:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2025-04-09T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T00:13:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T18:11:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T18:12:25+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-11T12:36:27+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-18T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22T13:30:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T21:04:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-06T03:43:21+00:00** 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/3872b5af-c2db-4424-a5c9-e6474f42fc3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).