---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require background checks for assisted living facility employees"
description: "Require background checks for assisted living facility employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 566"
citation: "Montana HB 566 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Senior Citizens (see also: Retirement)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Bessette"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 70
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45dae0ad-d43e-44de-bef0-288db6d6a4e4"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=566&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "0cfe382961b59bcaffe0e685314c4338820a86a221052c1de6cc4f42824a8128"
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 566 (2019) — Require background checks for assisted living facility employees

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0566_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0566_1.pdf)
2. **HB0566_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0566_2.pdf)
3. **HB0566_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0566_3.pdf)
4. **HB0566_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0566_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0566.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **25–24** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **53–45** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **72–23** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **63–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **75–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Bessette — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Probable
- **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
- **2019-02-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-20** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-27** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-27** Hearing
- **2019-02-27** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-03-01** Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- **2019-03-25** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Hearing
- **2019-03-28** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-30** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-04-01** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Hearing
- **2019-04-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-05** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-05** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-09** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-10** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45dae0ad-d43e-44de-bef0-288db6d6a4e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).