# Montana SB 246: Provide for Montana First Procurement laws and establish reporting requirements

Montana SB 246, Provide for Montana First Procurement laws and establish reporting requirements, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Cora Neumann (Democrat); status signed, last action 2025-05-08 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana SB 246
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Provide for Montana First Procurement laws and establish reporting requirements
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Last action: 2025-05-08, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: Cora Neumann (Democrat)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Public Contracts, State Government, Rule Making, Economic Development
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (303 yes, 87 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Local food vendors lose direct purchase path: cost, low. The law repeals the rule that let agencies buy Montana-produced food by direct purchase. That option only applied when quality matched, supply was enough, and the price matched the lowest bid or fit the budget. The department’s authority to run that exception and the related definitions of “food” a…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Cora Neumann (Democrat), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-08 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 41 | 7 |   |
| 2025-04-07 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 45 | 4 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | House | Do Concur | pass | 60 | 35 |   |
| 2025-04-01 | House | Do Concur | pass | 68 | 31 |   |
| 2025-03-01 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 44 | 6 |   |
| 2025-02-28 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 45 | 4 |   |

## Actions (30)

- 2025-05-08: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate)
- 2025-05-05: Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: Transmitted to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-21: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: Returned from Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Sent to Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: 3rd Reading House Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: 2nd Reading House Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Returned to Senate with Amendments (House)
- 2025-04-02: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-04-01: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-03-27: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-03-27: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-03-05: Hearing (House)
- 2025-03-03: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-03-03: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-03-01: Transmitted to House (Senate)
- 2025-03-01: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Fiscal Note Printed (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Fiscal Note Signed (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Fiscal Note Received (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=747eed95-7b8e-4886-a800-9e034426dd26)
- As Amended (Version 2), 2025-03-27: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9f0d654f-0448-4edf-ba24-8cfdb2b546a0)
- Introduced, 2025-01-30: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=cb89a439-2098-4553-b272-2c2f2591326d)

## Related bills

- SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed)
- HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed)
- HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed)
- SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)
- SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=747eed95-7b8e-4886-a800-9e034426dd26)
- [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9f0d654f-0448-4edf-ba24-8cfdb2b546a0)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=cb89a439-2098-4553-b272-2c2f2591326d)

## Related
- [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025)
- [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025)
- [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025)
- [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
- [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB246-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).