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House Agriculture committee: quick concurrence on multiple Senate bills (votes at a glance)
Summary
The House Agriculture Committee took executive action and concurred in four Senate bills during the session: SB78 (carcass stamping repeal), SB79 (repeal related inspections/penalties), SB80 (unspecified in hearing text), and SB161 (aquaculture). Most bills passed on voice/electronic tallies recorded as 17-0.
The Montana House Committee on Agriculture held executive action and concurred in multiple Senate bills during the hearing.
Votes and short summaries
- Senate Bill 78 — Concurred 17-0. Removes the requirement that each dressed carcass be ink-stamped after slaughter; Department of Livestock testified the change is a code cleanup and inspections/ownership verification will continue.
- Senate Bill 79 — Concurred 17-0. Described in the hearing as a bill repealing inspection requirements and penalties related to dead animals and feedlots; committee took a voice vote and recorded 17 ayes.
- Senate Bill 80 — Concurred 17-0. The bill was acted on during executive action and the committee recorded 17 ayes and 0 noes; the hearing record in this transcript does not include an extended floor description of SB80.
- Senate Bill 161 — Concurred 17-0 (as amended). Defines aquaculture and controlled conditions, allows sale of aquaculture products produced under controlled conditions, and grants rulemaking authority; amendment 161.201 (listed in the hearing as 161.2 0.1) adding “ocean” to the list of excluded water bodies was adopted before final concurrence.
Procedure and proxies
Most motions were moved from the vice chair; votes were taken by voice with proxy votes recorded in the transcript (multiple representatives recorded as voting aye by proxy). The committee recorded final tallies for the above bills as 17 ayes and 0 noes, and sent each bill to the House floor with concurrence.
