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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Fund direct care worker wage increases"
+description: "Fund direct care worker wage increases"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 638"
+citation: "Montana HB 638 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Developmental Disabilities", "Persons With (see also: Institutions)", "Social Services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jon A Knokey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-11-21"
+last_action: "2017-05-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65f7ca19-10ef-4eab-aa39-4619a39091ac"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC1079&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "ac264a021083a7d8074d1eaa7e06f1f71a3a524c377ae7bea6c591aef855f316"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
+---
+
+# Montana HB 638 (2017) — Fund direct care worker wage increases
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/HB0638.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **18–4** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **41–9** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **13–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **87–13** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **85–15** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **90–9** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **86–14** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jon A Knokey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-11-21** Draft Request Received
+- **2017-03-15** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2017-03-20** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2017-03-20** Draft in Edit
+- **2017-03-21** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
+- **2017-03-21** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2017-03-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2017-03-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-03-21** Executive Director Review
+- **2017-03-21** Draft in Assembly
+- **2017-03-21** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2017-03-21** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2017-03-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2017-03-22** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-03-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-03-27** Hearing
+- **2017-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-30** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2017-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-05** Hearing
+- **2017-04-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2017-04-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2017-04-18** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-04-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-04-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-19** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-04-21** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
+- **2017-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-04-22** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-22** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
+- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-10** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65f7ca19-10ef-4eab-aa39-4619a39091ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+