republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/hb-655.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	Generally revise marijuana laws.	Generally revise marijuana laws.	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	HB 655	Montana HB 655 (2021)	bill	Alcohol and Drugs Labor and Employment (see also: Unemployment Insurance; Workers' Comp) Revenue State Workers' Compensation (see also: Labor and Employment)	enacted	Edward Buttrey	4	54	7	2020-09-22	2021-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/1a1e8dcb-bd4c-4ac7-a1b1-9023e04c71a8	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=655&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	d16d0cb1298869c038e0bf838c270374e5b8d285c3bb65e3715211d6eb5a06cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 655 (2021) — Generally revise marijuana laws.

Version chain

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

1. HB0655_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0655_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0655_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Concur — 69–31 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 75–24 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 67–32 (pass) · lower
• DO PASS — 12–8 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 69–28 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 27–23 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 27–23 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-09-22 Draft Request Received
• 2021-03-16 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-03-16 Draft in Edit
• 2021-03-16 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-03-16 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-03-16 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-03-16 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-03-16 Executive Director Review
• 2021-03-17 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-03-17 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-03-17 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-03-17 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-03-17 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2021-03-19 Introduced introduction
• 2021-03-19 Fiscal Note Requested
• 2021-03-19 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2021-03-22 Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor referral-committee
• 2021-03-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-03-24 Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
• 2021-03-25 Fiscal Note Received
• 2021-03-25 Fiscal Note Unsigned
• 2021-03-25 Fiscal Note Printed
• 2021-03-29 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor committee-passage
• 2021-03-29 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor committee-passage
• 2021-03-31 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-03-31 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-04-01 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-01 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-01 Transmitted to Senate
• 2021-04-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-06 Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-04-08 Amendments Available
• 2021-04-12 Rereferred to Committee - (S) Select Committee on Marijuana Law referral-committee
• 2021-04-13 Hearing - (S) Select Committee on Marijuana Law
• 2021-04-20 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Select Committee on Marijuana Law
• 2021-04-21 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Select Committee on Marijuana Law
• 2021-04-21 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-04-23 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-23 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2021-04-23 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-23 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-23 Returned to House with Amendments
• 2021-04-26 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-26 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2021-04-26 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-26 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-26 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-05-01 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-05-01 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2021-05-04 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-05-04 Signed by President
• 2021-05-04 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-14 Chapter Number Assigned became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a1e8dcb-bd4c-4ac7-a1b1-9023e04c71a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).