---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require medicaid coverage of home births attended by midwives"
description: "Require medicaid coverage of home births attended by midwives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 655"
citation: "Montana HB 655 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Zolnikov"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-17T17:55:36+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-27T16:04:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b636f6bd-923f-44a4-bc3c-f0f1fe5548fb"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4535"
source_hash: "c0840b4c2264acecaf9b8a3e79b169cb402213600a46222ec0256c808a5bbb85"
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 655 (2023) — Require medicaid coverage of home births attended by midwives

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0655.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9673)
2. **HB0655.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9674)
3. **HB0655001SCH19646.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11144)
4. **HB0655_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9678)
5. **HB0655_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9677)
6. **HB0655_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9676)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katie Zolnikov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27T16:04:04+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T15:06:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T17:01:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-19T15:06:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-14T14:47:58+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-14T14:47:57+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-11T20:09:35+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-07T16:16:41+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-06T20:39:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T20:16:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03T14:37:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-31T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T18:48:33+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-03-14T15:16:25+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T23:42:21+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-03-10T15:31:52+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-03-10T00:14:25+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:20:37+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:29:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T22:23:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T00:17:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-27T20:51:40+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-27T20:38:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-25T04:34:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T22:00:05+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-23T21:21:03+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-21T22:38:36+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20T18:08:27+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-18T23:36:18+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-18T01:04:56+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-16T15:22:59+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-15T22:27:14+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-15T16:09:20+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-15T16:09:10+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-15T12:58:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-14T22:46:59+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-14T22:21:38+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-14T22:21:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-14T20:38:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-14T20:26:12+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-11T21:43:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-09T22:07:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-07T16:48:02+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-17T17:55:36+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/b636f6bd-923f-44a4-bc3c-f0f1fe5548fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).