---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish the Montana reinsurance association and program"
description: "Establish the Montana reinsurance association and program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 125"
citation: "Montana SB 125 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Insurance", "Legislature", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 68
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-11-19"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a0778ec-9ae1-47de-8ee9-8fbd99090e1b"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=125&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "75bf692bb9b65e62b1910852a6a0c7ae2885e18298c044296783516e52504123"
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 SB 125 (2019) — Establish the Montana reinsurance association and program

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0125_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0125_1.pdf)
2. **SB0125_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0125_2.pdf)
3. **SB0125_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0125_3.pdf)
4. **SB0125_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0125_4.pdf)
5. **SB0125_5.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0125_5.pdf)
6. **SB0125_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0125_x.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0125.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass As Amended — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Fitzpatrick D/PASS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-19** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-29** Draft On Hold
- **2018-12-04** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2018-12-31** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-12-31** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-31** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-31** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-07** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-07** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-23** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-24** Hearing
- **2019-01-25** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-01-28** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-22** Hearing
- **2019-02-25** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-14** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-23** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-03-23** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-03-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-03-27** Transmitted to House
- **2019-03-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Hearing
- **2019-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-13** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Hearing
- **2019-04-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a0778ec-9ae1-47de-8ee9-8fbd99090e1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).