---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt health care sharing ministries from insurance laws"
description: "Exempt health care sharing ministries from insurance laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 149"
citation: "Montana SB 149 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Insurance", "Religion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom McGillvray"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 55
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-11-13"
last_action: "2021-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2357b892-4453-40c3-9f74-e5c190f2b1fa"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=149&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "91df7310a7bbcf2633cc9bccd0cb4d7167ad9d5a32dce341f0751fddf4f9221d"
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 149 (2021) — Exempt health care sharing ministries from insurance laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0149_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0149_1.pdf)
2. **SB0149_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0149_2.pdf)
3. **SB0149_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0149_3.pdf)
4. **SB0149_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0149_4.pdf)
5. **SB0149_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0149_X.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0149.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD-002 Stafman D/PASS — **32–67** (fail) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass As Amended — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **68–31** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **65–33** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 McGillvray D/PASS — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tom McGillvray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-13** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-19** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-19** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-20** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-05** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-02-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-16** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-02-16** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-16** Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2021-03-26** Tabled in Committee - (H) Human Services `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-04-12** Taken from Table in Committee - (H) Human Services
- **2021-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Human Services
- **2021-04-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Human Services
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-15** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-27** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-30** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07** 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/2357b892-4453-40c3-9f74-e5c190f2b1fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).