Eliminate the tobacco prevention advisory board
Senate Bill 495 eliminates the Tobacco Prevention Advisory Board. The bill repeals the specific section of law that established this board. It also amends existing statute to remove the board from the list of entities funded by state special revenue accounts, which are primarily used for tobacco disease prevention programs and the Children's Health Insurance Program. The direct effect is the dissolution of the advisory board, which previously provided guidance for these programs.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 25, 2025
Signed Apr 18, 2025
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The bill text was cleaned up by removing extra line breaks and redundant formatting at the end of the document. The substantive content of the bill remains unchanged, as the act continues to eliminate the Tobacco Prevention Advisory Board, repeal Section 17-6-610 of the Montana Code Annotated, and amend Section 17-6-606.
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Floor votes · Senate Mar 7, 2025 · House Apr 1, 2025
How they voted
39–10
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Mar 7, 2025
D
Democratic18
55% Nay
R
Republican32
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
41
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Apr 17, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 1, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (93-6-1)
house
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-10-1)
senate
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Greg Hertz
RRepublican
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