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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise the HELP Link program"
+description: "Revise the HELP Link program"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 614"
+citation: "Montana HB 614 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Labor and Employment (see also: Unemployment Insurance; Workers' Comp)", "Rule Making", "Social Services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mary Caferro"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2020-11-27"
+last_action: "2021-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45c71d09-fa83-49ec-be2b-a9d907cf80da"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=614&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "03492e375069e35bbe28b343bc2cbc24cc5671399c40e8946b5fef33a0e844d0"
+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 614 (2021) — Revise the HELP Link program
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0614_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0614_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0614_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0614_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0614_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0614_3.pdf)
+4. **HB0614_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0614_X.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0614.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **88–10** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **91–8** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **92–8** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **92–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mary Caferro — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-27** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-02-17** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-02-17** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-02-17** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-02-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-02-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-02-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-02-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-22** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-02-22** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-02-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-22** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-02-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-02-24** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-24** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-24** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2021-02-25** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-25** Amendments Available
+- **2021-02-26** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2021-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-27** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2021-02-27** Fiscal Note Unsigned
+- **2021-02-27** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2021-02-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-02** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-17** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
+- **2021-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
+- **2021-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
+- **2021-03-23** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-26** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-29** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-29** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-26** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-05-03** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-05-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
+- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-14** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45c71d09-fa83-49ec-be2b-a9d907cf80da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+