---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriating funds for suicide prevention"
description: "Appropriating funds for suicide prevention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 696"
citation: "Montana HB 696 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Family Law (see also: Minors)", "Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Indians", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Karjala"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86797683-35ed-4f38-a606-b61c5549f159"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=696&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "5dce270481cb2c7bafa32d76be9e198421d80eda77c9fe070649c91bf8c373cc"
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 696 (2019) — Appropriating funds for suicide prevention

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0696_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0696_1.pdf)
2. **HB0696_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0696_2.pdf)
3. **HB0696_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0696_3.pdf)
4. **HB0696_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0696_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0696.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **73–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **65–34** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **67–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **68–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jessica Karjala — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-05** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-18** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-03-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-13** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-03-13** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-13** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** Hearing
- **2019-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Hearing
- **2019-04-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-23** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86797683-35ed-4f38-a606-b61c5549f159`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).