republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2019/sb-56.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Repeal meat and poultry inspection appeals process	Repeal meat and poultry inspection appeals process	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2019	SB 56	Montana SB 56 (2019)	bill	Federal Government Livestock (see also: Agriculture; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)	enacted	Janet Ellis	3	41	6	2018-09-06	2019-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/3938c1f4-af09-4ba6-a384-0a7159f5e32b	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=56&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191	da4018785c5a71d7553c29cce9bd7d9427bbdb150994c45db8bd6e0846fd003c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 56 (2019) — Repeal meat and poultry inspection appeals process

Version chain

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

1. SB0056_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. SB0056_x.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Concur — 71–24 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 43–4 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 82–18 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 46–3 (pass) · upper
• DO PASS — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• BE CONCURRED IN — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Janet Ellis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-09-06 Draft Request Received
• 2018-11-06 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2018-11-19 Draft in Legal Review
• 2018-11-19 Draft in Edit
• 2018-11-19 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
• 2018-11-19 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2018-11-28 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2018-11-28 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2018-11-28 Executive Director Review
• 2018-11-28 Draft in Assembly
• 2018-11-29 Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
• 2018-12-13 Introduced introduction
• 2018-12-13 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2018-12-21 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2019-01-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-01-10 Hearing
• 2019-01-17 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2019-01-18 Committee Report--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2019-01-22 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2019-01-22 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2019-01-23 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2019-01-23 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-23 Transmitted to House
• 2019-01-25 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2019-01-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-12 Hearing
• 2019-03-12 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2019-03-13 Committee Report--Bill Concurred
• 2019-03-14 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2019-03-14 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2019-03-15 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2019-03-15 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2019-03-15 Returned to Senate
• 2019-03-15 Sent to Enrolling
• 2019-03-19 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2019-03-19 Returned from Enrolling
• 2019-03-20 Signed by President
• 2019-03-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-03-20 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-03-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-03-22 Chapter Number Assigned

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3938c1f4-af09-4ba6-a384-0a7159f5e32b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).