---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing allowable and prohibited practices for pharmacy benefit managers"
description: "Establishing allowable and prohibited practices for pharmacy benefit managers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Montana SB 83 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Insurance", "Professions and Occupations O-Z"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 65
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-08-07"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/452b10ae-8a6f-4222-ba87-14fa246a02f2"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=83&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "28339ec737fe87d8f3824f28562c8cbd93e348f5a062e458a24b524df794c903"
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 83 (2019) — Establishing allowable and prohibited practices for pharmacy benefit managers

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0083_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0083_1.pdf)
2. **SB0083_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0083_2.pdf)
3. **SB0083_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0083_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0083.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-07** Draft Request Received
- **2018-10-03** Draft On Hold
- **2018-10-15** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2018-12-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-20** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-20** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-21** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2018-12-21** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-26** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-26** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-26** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-26** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-26** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-26** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-27** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-27** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-07** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Hearing
- **2019-01-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** Transmitted to House
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing
- **2019-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-21** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Returned to Senate
- **2019-02-21** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-22** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-02-22** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-02-25** Signed by President
- **2019-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-08** Returned with Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2019-03-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-13** 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment`
- **2019-03-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-14** 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment`
- **2019-03-14** Transmitted to House for Consideration of Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2019-03-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-16** 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment`
- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-18** 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment`
- **2019-03-18** Returned to Senate Concurred in Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2019-03-18** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-19** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-19** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-20** Signed by President
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-20** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/452b10ae-8a6f-4222-ba87-14fa246a02f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).