---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to choice of practitioners"
description: "Revise laws related to choice of practitioners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 469"
citation: "Montana HB 469 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Professions and Occupations Generally", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lola Sheldon-Galloway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b231773-4fac-4bd0-b679-fb2d6dc9de2a"
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=LC2427&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "a81174b957cf0ae22a105779e610dc3ea2346fe67e6a8cb8641f109b895c0644"
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 469 (2017) — Revise laws related to choice of practitioners

## 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/HB0469.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **91–9** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **84–16** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lola Sheldon-Galloway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** Draft Request Received
- **2017-02-06** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-06** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-08** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-09** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-09** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-10** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-10** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-10** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-10** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** Hearing
- **2017-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Hearing
- **2017-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-31** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-01** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-03** Returned to House
- **2017-04-03** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-05** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-10** Signed by President
- **2017-04-10** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-18** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b231773-4fac-4bd0-b679-fb2d6dc9de2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).