---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize Physical Therapy Assistant Supervision via Telemedicine"
description: "Authorize Physical Therapy Assistant Supervision via Telemedicine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 518"
citation: "Montana HB 518 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally", "Professions and Occupations O-Z"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-19"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faf8a8c8-e14c-4a2f-8898-bab097f8af7a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=518&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "f561e37af40177b8b9b626830553aaaf341706cd37b5e16bd1c0b3d52d27e384"
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 518 (2019) — Authorize Physical Therapy Assistant Supervision via Telemedicine

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0518_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0518_1.pdf)
2. **HB0518_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0518_2.pdf)
3. **HB0518_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0518_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0518.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-19** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-14** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-21** Hearing
- **2019-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-23** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-27** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Returned to House
- **2019-03-28** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-29** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Signed by President
- **2019-04-10** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faf8a8c8-e14c-4a2f-8898-bab097f8af7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).