---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove insurance continuing education council"
description: "Remove insurance continuing education council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 61"
citation: "Montana HB 61 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-08-16T19:37:17+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-17T16:52:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/754f3a54-8a3d-4418-8b22-ef264e21ebf2"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0188"
source_hash: "9708ba9866ef4a694b7381c4f302b7c5afc400568030f241f1369620db65d182"
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 61 (2023) — Remove insurance continuing education council

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0061_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2105)
2. **HB0061_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2106)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **43–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ross Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17T16:52:19+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-02-16T23:58:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-10T20:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-10T19:45:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-09T23:03:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-08T20:33:54+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-08T20:33:53+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-06T23:13:59+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-06T23:11:07+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-03T21:19:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02T21:06:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24T20:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-24T03:25:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-18T22:00:52+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-11T22:55:53+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11T16:58:48+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11T15:10:50+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-10T21:14:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-09T20:37:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-09T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-06T20:52:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T18:51:40+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-05T15:30:57+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:35:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:19:46+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:50:36+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-09T21:00:19+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-04T18:27:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-02T14:43:14+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-01T14:08:37+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-01T14:08:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-10-28T16:37:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-10-28T14:41:03+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-10-26T13:33:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-10-18T18:33:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-18T13:56:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-08-16T19:37:17+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/754f3a54-8a3d-4418-8b22-ef264e21ebf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).