---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise requirements for measuring children's mental health outcomes"
description: "Revise requirements for measuring children's mental health outcomes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 583"
citation: "Montana HB 583 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Illness or Incapacity (see also: Institutions)", "Minors (see also: Family Law)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis R Lenz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00e44344-6db8-4358-a6f1-14d3f30dbf91"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=583&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "455ad79205c175e98426e8a3b054ae4c58fb17fdfc2ffc8739376e60e994bd4e"
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 583 (2019) — Revise requirements for measuring children's mental health outcomes

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0583_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0583_1.pdf)
2. **HB0583_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0583_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0583.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis R Lenz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-03** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-12** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-18** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **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
- **2019-02-25** Hearing
- **2019-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to House
- **2019-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00e44344-6db8-4358-a6f1-14d3f30dbf91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).