republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/sb-27.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise marijuana licensing laws"
description: "Generally revise marijuana licensing laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Montana SB 27 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Bogner"]
version_count: 31
action_count: 50
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2024-09-09T20:05:14+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T21:18:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79f1fa11-b41d-43ed-a32a-0a741ffcb0bb"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0208?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "2f746967eba91264607f033ba33bea92b8917fe4f2dd0330415f4970eec1e394"
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 27 (2025) — Generally revise marijuana licensing laws

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0208.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266770)
2. **SB0027.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281381)
3. **SB0027_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275069)
4. **SB0027_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276143)
5. **SB0027_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281264)
6. **SB0027_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281680)
7. **SB0027_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281681)
8. **SB0027_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281682)
9. **SB0027_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281683)
10. **SB0027_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267384)
11. **SB0027_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281685)
12. **SB0027_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309051)
13. **SB0027_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281688)
14. **SB0027_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281689)
15. **SB0027_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281707)
16. **SB0027_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281708)
17. **SB0027_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281719)
18. **SB0027_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283883)
19. **SB0027_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296596)
20. **SB0027_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309050)
21. **SB0027_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281684)
22. **SB0027_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316874)
23. **SB0027_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320450)
24. **SB0027_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321726)
25. **SB0027_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321727)
26. **SB0027_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321728)
27. **SB0027_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323322)
28. **SB0027_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325086)
29. **SB0027_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325648)
30. **SB0027_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327265)
31. **SB0027_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310937)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **82–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **18–2** (pass) · lower
- to_table — **12–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **77–23** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **21–1** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **15–8** (pass) · lower
- to_take_from_the_table — **15–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Bogner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-09T20:05:14+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-10-07T16:02:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-07T16:29:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-05T19:20:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-06T15:29:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-06T17:27:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-06T20:50:33+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-10T15:56:54+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-10T15:57:03+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2024-12-18T17:36:25+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-03T21:22:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-06T21:52:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T21:29:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-25T01:25:45+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-01-31T18:15:49+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31T20:37:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T19:07:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04T20:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-04T20:58:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T23:03:10+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-02-12T21:33:28+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T21:35:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-15T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-15T15:09:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T21:29:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T22:50:38+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-19T18:58:15+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T20:10:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13T22:52:17+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-21T17:19:14+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-21T19:35:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26T20:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-26T20:41:01+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26T21:34:04+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-08T16:11:10+00:00** (H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Appropriations `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-04-08T21:47:30+00:00** (H) Taken from Table in Committee - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-10T01:00:14+00:00** (H) Taken from Table in Committee - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-10T01:01:33+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-10T15:02:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:18:59+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-12T16:09:30+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:15:16+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:00:05+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:16:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T21:18:57+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/79f1fa11-b41d-43ed-a32a-0a741ffcb0bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).