--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise labor laws relating to the medical assistance program" description: "Revise labor laws relating to the medical assistance program" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 867" citation: "Montana HB 867 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Labor and Employment", "Revenue", "State"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Greg Oblander"] version_count: 20 action_count: 43 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-12-08T20:41:42+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-19T22:23:07+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a911ea34-09eb-46d5-abef-ed79937800cf" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2420?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "0da335c44134131a1c6954e11b26d9e099f8a2f714ead7038f16f9dfb07797a3" 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 867 (2025) — Revise labor laws relating to the medical assistance program ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0867_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298999) 2. **HB0867_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305307) 3. **HB0867_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310418) 4. **HB0867_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315482) 5. **HB0867_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315483) 6. **HB0867_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298414) 7. **HB0867_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315485) 8. **HB0867_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325287) 9. **HB0867_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325288) 10. **HB0867_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326595) 11. **HB0867_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315486) 12. **HB0867_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317300) 13. **HB0867_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318110) 14. **HB0867_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318111) 15. **HB0867_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318185) 16. **HB0867_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320935) 17. **HB0867_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324392) 18. **HB0867_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325286) 19. **HB0867_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315484) 20. **LC2420.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291234) ## Votes - be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **29–19** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Greg Oblander — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-12-08T20:41:42+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-12-08T20:41:42+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2025-02-20T17:21:08+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2025-02-20T23:12:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-02-25T17:39:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-03-01T14:48:22+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-03-03T14:02:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-03-12T15:43:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-03-14T15:34:04+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-03-25T16:33:27+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-03-25T21:26:11+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-03-25T21:27:57+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-03-26T16:07:20+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-03-26T19:11:09+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-31T18:46:35+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-04-01T00:26:05+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-04-01T12:41:16+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-04-01T14:09:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-04-01T14:20:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-04-01T17:45:54+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-04-01T21:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-04-03T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-03T20:11:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-05T14:43:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-05T15:45:33+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-04-07T19:13:37+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-04-07T19:41:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-04-08T00:48:41+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-04-09T17:21:35+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-04-15T17:23:05+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-04-15T19:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-18T20:08:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-22T20:44:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-22T20:44:32+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-27T23:29:14+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-05-02T17:00:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-05-06T20:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-13T19:34:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-19T22:23:07+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/a911ea34-09eb-46d5-abef-ed79937800cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).