---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal medical malpractice insurance joint underwriting association"
description: "Repeal medical malpractice insurance joint underwriting association"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 74"
citation: "Montana HB 74 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Liability (see also: Remedies; Torts)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jane Gillette"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-09-15"
last_action: "2021-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73d1fe36-5082-46ea-ae12-b576c21fc70a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=74&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "e3e8f48be2ef5ff32e744c08b4079a500164a57116f6f9c48259607a5ac61242"
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 74 (2021) — Repeal medical malpractice insurance joint underwriting association

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0074_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0074_1.pdf)
2. **HB0074_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0074_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0074.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jane Gillette — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-15** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-14** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-01** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-01** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-01** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-12** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Business and Labor `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-01-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-19** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-20** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-01-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-01-29** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-02-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** Returned to House
- **2021-02-10** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-02-15** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-02-15** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-02-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-16** Signed by President
- **2021-02-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-23** 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/73d1fe36-5082-46ea-ae12-b576c21fc70a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).