---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise insurance law to give mental health coverage parity with physical health"
description: "Revise insurance law to give mental health coverage parity with physical health"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 142"
citation: "Montana HB 142 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Insurance", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laurie Bishop"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2016-09-02"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b171842e-8646-409a-aa9f-3f1d8ee906e2"
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=LC0289&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "c730ff7d31787ba86ea1a3a56cb41e4a68a0dca800e84e6a14d1e4cebf5be58e"
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 142 (2017) — Revise insurance law to give mental health coverage parity with physical health

## 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/HB0142.pdf)

## Votes

- Take from Comm-Sands — **22–28** (fail) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–49** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **26–24** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **53–47** (pass) · legislature
- ReconsAction-Bishop — **52–46** (pass) · legislature
- Take from Comm-Gross — **28–22** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **49–51** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Laurie Bishop — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-09-02** Draft Request Received
- **2016-11-21** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-01** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-02** Draft in Edit
- **2016-12-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-12-05** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-12-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-07** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-07** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-12-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-12-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-06** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-01-16** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-24** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-25** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-26** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-08** Hearing
- **2017-02-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-21** 2nd Reading Not Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Reconsidered Previous Action; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-25** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Hearing
- **2017-04-04** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-04-05** Motion Failed
- **2017-04-11** Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Returned to House
- **2017-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-19** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-20** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-28** Signed by President
- **2017-04-28** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b171842e-8646-409a-aa9f-3f1d8ee906e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).