---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise insurance laws related to pharmacies & certain health entities"
description: "Revise insurance laws related to pharmacies & certain health entities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 335"
citation: "Montana SB 335 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Insurance", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6beb5ad5-5e8d-4b6f-944e-e16255a359e3"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=335&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "d9bf37f890a1d6be74b10f69482bd83e83f50f8cb740543a40f68a8f8697a69b"
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 335 (2019) — Revise insurance laws related to pharmacies & certain health entities

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0335_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0335_1.pdf)
2. **SB0335_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0335_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0335.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2019-03-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-12** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-03-13** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-14** 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
- **2019-03-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-20** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-21** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-21** Hearing
- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Transmitted to House
- **2019-03-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-10** Hearing
- **2019-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **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 Senate
- **2019-04-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-24** 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/6beb5ad5-5e8d-4b6f-944e-e16255a359e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).