---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise audit terms for Montana Medical Legal Panel"
description: "Revise audit terms for Montana Medical Legal Panel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 285"
citation: "Montana SB 285 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dee Brown"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f825f3c-b9d1-46db-b8d2-2a954b5979d3"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=285&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "a65b7f46750411d78adb9d0fb179e3d4bf5a93510d11f9055d1c807b95fc64b0"
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 285 (2019) — Revise audit terms for Montana Medical Legal Panel

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0285_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0285_1.pdf)
2. **SB0285_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0285_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0285.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dee Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-21** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-16** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-16** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-25** Hearing
- **2019-02-26** 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`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-06** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-09** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-03** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f825f3c-b9d1-46db-b8d2-2a954b5979d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).