---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise state suicide reduction plans to include specific military-related data"
description: "Revise state suicide reduction plans to include specific military-related data"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 549"
citation: "Montana HB 549 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scot Kerns"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-31"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43891325-d0b2-4d7a-aabe-568d5b5786d6"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=549&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "00ae08e9fec18ea70d74393e0144b9222c45d2eb68d1349ba380b0ded43c9a3a"
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 HB 549 (2021) — Revise state suicide reduction plans to include specific military-related data

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0549_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0599//HB0549_1.pdf)
2. **HB0549_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0599//HB0549_2.pdf)
3. **HB0549_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0599//HB0549_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0549.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **14–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scot Kerns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-31** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-17** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-17** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-20** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-22** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-22** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-23** Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-26** Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2021-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-03-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-03-30** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Returned to House
- **2021-04-14** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-20** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-20** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by President
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43891325-d0b2-4d7a-aabe-568d5b5786d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).