---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to marking hides and meat"
description: "Revise laws related to marking hides and meat"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Montana SB 78 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Livestock"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josh Kassmier"]
version_count: 21
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-09T19:59:51+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T14:02:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21c020ad-f1fc-49fe-89d4-ae86530a3e9a"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0199?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "4b5293dda76790ff24282b6072814ccbf58df34ca2eefb838f6a351eefe93a0f"
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 78 (2025) — Revise laws related to marking hides and meat

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0199.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265311)
2. **SB0078_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269524)
3. **SB0078_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275146)
4. **SB0078_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276215)
5. **SB0078_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283884)
6. **SB0078_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296303)
7. **SB0078_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299328)
8. **SB0078_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269523)
9. **SB0078_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299327)
10. **SB0078_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316551)
11. **SB0078_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325652)
12. **SB0078_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327267)
13. **SB0078_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320153)
14. **SB0078_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321381)
15. **SB0078_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321382)
16. **SB0078_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321383)
17. **SB0078_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321384)
18. **SB0078_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321386)
19. **SB0078_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321388)
20. **SB0078_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324597)
21. **SB0078_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310590)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Josh Kassmier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-09T19:59:51+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-10-10T20:48:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-10-10T21:30:42+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-10-10T21:31:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-10-23T13:20:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-10-25T19:40:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-07T00:10:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-15T22:21:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-18T20:15:08+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-27T19:20:18+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-27T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-06T21:54:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T22:05:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T15:51:16+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2025-01-30T22:21:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31T20:15:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-15T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-15T15:34:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T21:30:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T22:50:40+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-19T18:58:12+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T20:10:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T22:33:20+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Agriculture
- **2025-03-20T22:30:38+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Agriculture
- **2025-03-21T19:44:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Agriculture
- **2025-03-25T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25T19:17:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26T19:48:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-26T19:49:09+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T12:07:51+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-01T17:00:37+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-07T21:45:38+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-08T14:46:28+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18T14:02:10+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/21c020ad-f1fc-49fe-89d4-ae86530a3e9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).