SB 155 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Create food safety panel

SB 155 would have created a three-member scientific panel within Montana's Department of Agriculture to evaluate food additives and colors. The panel, requiring expertise in toxicology and food science, would study cumulative dietary effects and recommend limiting harmful additives, which the Department would then enforce with FDA collaboration. The bill amended state law to formalize this process but died in committee in 2025 without becoming law, so it never affected any businesses or policies.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC0071.pdf SB0155_1.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text was updated from a committee draft (LC 0071) to the final Senate version (SB 155), changing the header and page footers to reflect the official bill number and authorized print status. A new line was added to the list of industries the bill considers, expanding the scope to include 'all other allied industries' alongside existing categories like agriculture and food processing.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's consideration was expanded to explicitly include 'all other allied industries' in the list of relevant sectors.
TECHNICAL

The document header and footer were updated to change the bill identifier from 'LC 0071' to 'SB 155' and add the 'Authorized Print Version' label.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the section numbering and spacing within the text.

SCOPE

A new line was inserted to include 'all other allied industries' in the list of sectors the panel on food safety must consider.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Feb 6, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
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Photo of Daniel Emrich
Daniel Emrich
RRepublican
MT
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