--- type: "Bill" title: "Create online portal for community assisters related to Medicaid" description: "Create online portal for community assisters related to Medicaid" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 601" citation: "Montana HB 601 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Health", "Health Care Services"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["SJ Howell"] version_count: 21 action_count: 46 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2024-12-08T21:51:58+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-08T19:30:36+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5f9e6aa-e6e1-48af-896d-ecac5f9212ed" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2536?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "1d84af3fbf285433a1041672858a948c92f6cff83225fec868515d2b4f3a56b2" 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 601 (2025) — Create online portal for community assisters related to Medicaid ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0601_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284987) 2. **HB0601_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284990) 3. **HB0601_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292282) 4. **HB0601_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300650) 5. **HB0601_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309606) 6. **HB0601_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309607) 7. **HB0601_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284745) 8. **HB0601_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309609) 9. **HB0601_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322178) 10. **HB0601_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324831) 11. **HB0601_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326626) 12. **HB0601_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309610) 13. **HB0601_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310219) 14. **HB0601_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310220) 15. **HB0601_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311058) 16. **HB0601_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316952) 17. **HB0601_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320526) 18. **HB0601_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322176) 19. **HB0601_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322177) 20. **HB0601_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309608) 21. **LC2536.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283342) ## Votes - Do Concur — **28–22** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **81–17** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **12–10** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **18–3** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **21–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **81–18** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **8–3** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - SJ Howell — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-12-08T21:51:58+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-02-14T15:29:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-02-14T21:04:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-17T19:04:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-17T22:13:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-18T12:41:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-18T17:08:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-18T21:46:14+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-20T14:58:05+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-02-20T15:17:21+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-02-20T18:52:49+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee` - **2025-02-20T19:51:28+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-22T02:18:57+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services - **2025-02-25T22:00:35+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-02-27T01:02:20+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-02-27T16:18:02+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-02-28T00:13:12+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage` - **2025-02-28T20:39:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage` - **2025-03-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-03T20:31:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-03T21:54:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee` - **2025-03-03T22:28:46+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations - **2025-03-03T22:56:06+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage` - **2025-03-04T01:39:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage` - **2025-03-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-04T20:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-04T21:24:06+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-03-05T15:30:49+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee` - **2025-03-20T17:58:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety - **2025-03-28T23:35:17+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety - **2025-03-31T19:24:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-10T17:14:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-11T01:03:01+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee, referral-committee` - **2025-04-11T02:57:29+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims - **2025-04-11T19:42:31+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims - **2025-04-11T21:24:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims - **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-12T20:31:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-12T20:31:16+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-15T05:40:51+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-23T23:30:28+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-25T20:15:22+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-25T21:33:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-08T19:30:36+00:00** 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/c5f9e6aa-e6e1-48af-896d-ecac5f9212ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).