---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to audits of the chiropractic legal panel"
description: "Revise laws related to audits of the chiropractic legal panel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "Montana SB 288 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dee Brown"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-11"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9bc532d-caa8-4c11-ad3a-8639726767ce"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=288&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "dd37de5a0ab9c1c73da852e78f1ac7a260b853dd2ee3b6f25da886f806f3a7ee"
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 288 (2019) — Revise laws related to audits of the chiropractic legal panel

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0288_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0288_1.pdf)
2. **SB0288_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0288_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0288.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dee Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-11** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-07** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-11** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **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
- **2019-02-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-19** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Hearing
- **2019-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 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`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-03-25** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-25** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-03** Signed by President
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9bc532d-caa8-4c11-ad3a-8639726767ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).