---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate termination date of community health aide program"
description: "Eliminate termination date of community health aide program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Montana SB 170 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services", "Indians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Windy Boy"]
version_count: 31
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-14T16:16:10+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-04T01:33:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e587fb28-3603-45a8-bf6c-163af23fb20c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3314?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "1496ae816ff6bd1601233b94beb8e5bcd39a61c1ed33fe9b412801a29995711f"
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 170 (2025) — Eliminate termination date of community health aide program

## Version chain

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

1. **LC3314.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272203)
2. **SB0170_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273170)
3. **SB0170_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279919)
4. **SB0170_1(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279926)
5. **SB0170_1(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281133)
6. **SB0170_1(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284615)
7. **SB0170_1(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297662)
8. **SB0170_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275408)
9. **SB0170_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276456)
10. **SB0170_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279618)
11. **SB0170_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279621)
12. **SB0170_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279907)
13. **SB0170_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279908)
14. **SB0170_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279909)
15. **SB0170_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279917)
16. **SB0170_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272462)
17. **SB0170_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297661)
18. **SB0170_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297664)
19. **SB0170_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320264)
20. **SB0170_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324130)
21. **SB0170_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326828)
22. **SB0170_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327791)
23. **SB0170_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297665)
24. **SB0170_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297817)
25. **SB0170_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297818)
26. **SB0170_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305215)
27. **SB0170_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305216)
28. **SB0170_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305217)
29. **SB0170_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310741)
30. **SB0170_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316679)
31. **SB0170_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297663)

## Votes

- do_pass — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **62–38** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **57–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jonathan Windy Boy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-14T16:16:10+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-25T00:47:04+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-07T18:26:19+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-01-15T21:27:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-16T16:18:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-16T20:52:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-16T22:32:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-17T00:05:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-17T15:33:43+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-17T19:54:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-17T21:16:43+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-20T20:50:32+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21T17:19:11+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21T20:02:21+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-23T22:22:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-01-27T23:38:54+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-29T00:31:58+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-29T17:39:52+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-03T21:53:00+00:00** (S) Sponsor List Modified
- **2025-02-06T00:47:11+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T20:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-10T20:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-11T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11T21:34:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-11T22:47:57+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-12T17:34:28+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T20:13:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13T00:10:04+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2025-02-20T15:25:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-02-20T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20T21:45:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21T19:59:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-21T20:00:10+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-25T11:53:47+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`
- **2025-04-04T01:33:28+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/e587fb28-3603-45a8-bf6c-163af23fb20c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).