---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow for digital copies of required documentation for transport of livestock"
description: "Allow for digital copies of required documentation for transport of livestock"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 80"
citation: "Montana SB 80 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Livestock"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josh Kassmier"]
version_count: 19
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-09-09T20:03:03+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T13:57:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2d1906d-6bd3-4c42-9c13-1999ca53a6fa"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0204?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "6c7db5dab30f66708f9a05fc3c2d7ec515e38734e64128e08f5fe7d998977e96"
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 80 (2025) — Allow for digital copies of required documentation for transport of livestock

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0204.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265648)
2. **SB0080_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269530)
3. **SB0080_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275148)
4. **SB0080_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276217)
5. **SB0080_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279393)
6. **SB0080_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296305)
7. **SB0080_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300591)
8. **SB0080_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300592)
9. **SB0080_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269529)
10. **SB0080_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316583)
11. **SB0080_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320183)
12. **SB0080_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321375)
13. **SB0080_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321376)
14. **SB0080_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321377)
15. **SB0080_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322275)
16. **SB0080_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324846)
17. **SB0080_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325654)
18. **SB0080_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327050)
19. **SB0080_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310628)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Josh Kassmier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-09T20:03:03+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-10-10T21:29:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-10-23T20:09:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-10-25T19:25:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-11T14:37:02+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-17T17:10:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-18T21:08:53+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-27T19:30:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-27T20:04:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-06T21:55:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T22:06:00+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
- **2025-01-30T22:53:23+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31T20:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04T20:28:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-05T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T23:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T23:41:18+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-06T18:13:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T20:07:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12T00:17:37+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Agriculture
- **2025-03-20T22:33:33+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Agriculture
- **2025-03-21T19:44:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Agriculture
- **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27T20:58:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T19:32:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T19:33:07+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-30T14:42:12+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-02T18:00:52+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-08T15:45:31+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`
- **2025-04-18T13:57:48+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/e2d1906d-6bd3-4c42-9c13-1999ca53a6fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).