---
type: "Bill"
title: "Change name of mental health advisory council to behavioral health advisory council"
description: "Change name of mental health advisory council to behavioral health advisory council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Montana SB 144 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Mental Illness or Incapacity"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Yakawich"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-29T15:03:52+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-04T01:31:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55ba3b06-5c08-44d3-b592-38de109c3f03"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2086?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "c753b2e474d4b56a566938848d8dfd86604a9a220e1f756e807615e79d7dc20f"
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 144 (2025) — Change name of mental health advisory council to behavioral health advisory council

## Version chain

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

1. **LC2086.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270681)
2. **SB0144_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272213)
3. **SB0144_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275306)
4. **SB0144_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276362)
5. **SB0144_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278908)
6. **SB0144_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283965)
7. **SB0144_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297640)
8. **SB0144_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271491)
9. **SB0144_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297639)
10. **SB0144_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297642)
11. **SB0144_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320263)
12. **SB0144_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324129)
13. **SB0144_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326488)
14. **SB0144_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327656)
15. **SB0144_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297643)
16. **SB0144_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297808)
17. **SB0144_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297809)
18. **SB0144_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305212)
19. **SB0144_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305213)
20. **SB0144_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305214)
21. **SB0144_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310740)
22. **SB0144_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316678)
23. **SB0144_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297641)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Yakawich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-29T15:03:52+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-09T17:37:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-09T17:59:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-10T19:04:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-10T20:11:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-11T14:51:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-14T15:55:00+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-14T20:45:56+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-15T20:18:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16T00:44:23+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23T22:20:21+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-01-29T23:35:07+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30T21:58:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03T21:03:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-04T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-04T20:51:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04T21:32:34+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-05T18:10:11+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T20:10:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07T16:14:45+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2025-02-18T23:35:07+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-02-19T20:18:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20T20:56:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21T19:57:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-21T19:57:47+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-25T11:30:28+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-27T17:20:18+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-27T18:20:37+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-27T21:34:54+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03T18:00:42+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04T01:31:48+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/55ba3b06-5c08-44d3-b592-38de109c3f03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).