---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate the tobacco prevention advisory board"
description: "Eliminate the tobacco prevention advisory board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 495"
citation: "Montana SB 495 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 22
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-22T21:05:53+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T19:37:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6e95152-8583-4935-8ef0-c343296a0019"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1903?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "29db17badbbcfc8f390e6de4fed3e002bd1d6fbd5d5b8190e4c9801b0ec3691f"
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 495 (2025) — Eliminate the tobacco prevention advisory board

## Version chain

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

1. **LC1903.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286154)
2. **SB0495_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288817)
3. **SB0495_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293543)
4. **SB0495_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293719)
5. **SB0495_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299393)
6. **SB0495_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302411)
7. **SB0495_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287388)
8. **SB0495_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302417)
9. **SB0495_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321255)
10. **SB0495_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321256)
11. **SB0495_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321257)
12. **SB0495_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324557)
13. **SB0495_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326398)
14. **SB0495_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303298)
15. **SB0495_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303300)
16. **SB0495_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303301)
17. **SB0495_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303874)
18. **SB0495_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303875)
19. **SB0495_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310706)
20. **SB0495_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316645)
21. **SB0495_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320232)
22. **SB0495_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302414)

## Votes

- do_pass — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **45–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-22T21:05:53+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-16T22:11:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-16T22:54:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-22T21:33:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-24T00:23:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-24T13:30:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-25T16:19:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-25T18:33:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-25T19:35:14+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-26T01:30:54+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-26T20:27:22+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26T20:29:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T20:23:11+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-04T02:05:11+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-04T02:05:17+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-03-04T02:05:23+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-04T18:53:30+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T22:38:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T00:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T01:52:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T16:19:04+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-17T15:25:52+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T21:10:26+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-27T16:04:27+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-27T19:20:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31T20:00:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T20:03:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T20:04:11+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-02T21:32:24+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-07T16:00:02+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-08T16:15:25+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18T19:37:34+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/f6e95152-8583-4935-8ef0-c343296a0019`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).