republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/hb-49.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to synthetic cannabinoids"
description: "Generally revise laws related to synthetic cannabinoids"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 49"
citation: "Montana HB 49 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol", "Alcohol", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ron Marshall"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-09T20:05:39+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T20:57:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69e9b0ef-b5b2-4a8b-ac9e-5ff238d6b4ef"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0209?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "381bfd0d86a93c30e58d91dafd102b5142352b84fdbea0cecf2261a1806a5149"
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 HB 49 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to synthetic cannabinoids

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0049.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272022)
2. **HB0049.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271956)
3. **HB0049_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267421)
4. **HB0049_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273979)
5. **HB0049_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275502)
6. **HB0049_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276548)
7. **HB0049_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292117)
8. **HB0049_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295753)
9. **HB0049_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267282)
10. **HB0049_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295752)
11. **HB0049_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295760)
12. **HB0049_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324205)
13. **HB0049_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325649)
14. **HB0049_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296180)
15. **HB0049_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296181)
16. **HB0049_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308222)
17. **HB0049_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308223)
18. **HB0049_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308224)
19. **HB0049_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310842)
20. **HB0049_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316780)
21. **HB0049_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320358)
22. **HB0049_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295754)
23. **LC0209.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265469)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **96–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ron Marshall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-09T20:05:39+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-09-17T21:42:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-09-26T13:35:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-10-18T17:08:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-08T14:39:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-15T22:15:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-19T00:17:44+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-09T21:06:37+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-09T21:07:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2024-12-20T22:12:05+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-06T17:49:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T00:49:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-01-20T18:25:06+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-20T19:30:59+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-20T21:42:50+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-22T20:58:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-23T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-23T22:26:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-23T22:51:25+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-24T21:11:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27T19:58:43+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T21:20:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-02-05T21:27:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-02-09T21:30:00+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-04T18:31:14+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-04T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18T19:20:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T21:15:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T21:15:32+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-20T21:44:44+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T23:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-01T17:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-01T18:35:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T19:56:39+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07T20:57:54+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/69e9b0ef-b5b2-4a8b-ac9e-5ff238d6b4ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).