republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/sb-71.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise milk control policies"
description: "Generally revise milk control policies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Montana SB 71 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Livestock (see also: Agriculture; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Salomon"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T13:38:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:31:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbaba9b9-7635-4532-91e4-9f22684e1b83"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0387"
source_hash: "2cdd489a37156c370e952b4b0656ba0801e18576cf4b2516731814394e972c86"
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 71 (2023) — Generally revise milk control policies

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0071.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3266)
2. **SB0071.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3265)
3. **SB0071001SCS16515.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10731)
4. **SB0071001SCS17711.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10730)
5. **SB0071_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2004)
6. **SB0071_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2003)
7. **SB0071_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2002)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel Salomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:31:17+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-04T16:03:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-23T19:42:04+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-23T19:42:03+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T15:54:37+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T22:12:30+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-18T20:26:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T20:06:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T20:24:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-13T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-14T20:22:08+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T19:45:59+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T22:02:52+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-18T21:03:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-17T20:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-17T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-13T21:53:46+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-13T20:04:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T20:55:53+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T19:58:50+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-07T19:17:22+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-06T15:30:01+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:11:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-29T00:27:37+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-13T19:43:42+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-01T18:50:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-30T23:42:19+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-30T22:53:17+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-30T22:53:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-30T17:44:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-30T01:57:49+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-29T16:19:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-28T21:39:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-15T21:53:25+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-15T19:47:21+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T13:38:37+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbaba9b9-7635-4532-91e4-9f22684e1b83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).