Butte-Silver Bow County’s judiciary committee voted to note and place on file communication number 2025‑310, a request from County Attorney Matt Enruth to draft a new ordinance regulating the sale and distribution of medical and recreational marijuana in the county.

Enruth told the committee he and Deputy County Attorney Sean Peterson prefer to resubmit a single, "clean" ordinance rather than continue working from piecemeal drafts. "So then we have the clean start of here's the whole ordinance, and then it'll come down to you guys. We'll do our 3 readings, our public hearing, and then it will go back up," Enruth said, explaining the intended path through council and committee. He said that approach avoids "the weirdness of how we developed it" by multiple incremental edits.

Commissioners sought clarification on procedure. Commissioner Callaghan asked whether the ordinance would go to the full council first and then return to the judiciary committee; staff and Enruth confirmed that the typical workflow is presentation to full council followed by committee readings and public comment. Commissioners discussed whether to cross‑reference the initial communication with the eventual ordinance once it is formally submitted.

A committee member moved to note and place the communication on file to allow staff to prepare the formal ordinance for presentation; the motion received a second and the committee voted in favor. The committee recorded the motion as passing; no roll‑call tally was recorded in the transcript. The next steps are for staff to file the complete ordinance and for the council and committee to schedule the three readings and a public hearing.