--- type: "Bill" title: "Eliminate the board of public assistance" description: "Eliminate the board of public assistance" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 194" citation: "Montana SB 194 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Social Services"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy Trebas"] version_count: 18 action_count: 42 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2024-11-22T20:53:13+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-08T22:03:44+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1ee81cd-09d4-4ca7-95bf-89e4c381ee43" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1887?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "d59f07a0375465e1de2a87da82f471459bbe904685da112885a956b9d64a2d34" 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 194 (2025) — Eliminate the board of public assistance ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC1887.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269276) 2. **SB0194_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273623) 3. **SB0194_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275459) 4. **SB0194_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276506) 5. **SB0194_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278910) 6. **SB0194_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283967) 7. **SB0194_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309114) 8. **SB0194_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309121) 9. **SB0194_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273262) 10. **SB0194_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316891) 11. **SB0194_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320466) 12. **SB0194_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321781) 13. **SB0194_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322366) 14. **SB0194_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324850) 15. **SB0194_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326384) 16. **SB0194_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327055) 17. **SB0194_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327882) 18. **SB0194_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310954) ## Votes - do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **45–5** (pass) · upper - to_table — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **12–9** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **56–43** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **56–44** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Jeremy Trebas — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-22T20:53:13+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-12-03T18:22:54+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2024-12-03T18:47:34+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2024-12-06T20:47:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2024-12-10T23:37:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2024-12-17T15:36:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2024-12-17T17:18:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2024-12-18T13:20:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2024-12-18T23:47:49+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-21T17:41:58+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-21T22:11:03+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-01-22T19:40:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-22T19:50:06+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee` - **2025-01-22T20:34:56+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-01-23T22:20:22+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety - **2025-01-27T15:43:20+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-01-27T18:37:31+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-01-27T21:49:12+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-01-29T23:35:07+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage` - **2025-01-30T23:10:00+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` - **2025-02-03T21:50:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-04T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-04T20:53:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-04T21:32:38+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-02-05T18:09:54+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee` - **2025-02-05T20:10:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-06T14:37:46+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services - **2025-02-18T23:36:58+00:00** (H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Human Services `amendment-deferral` - **2025-04-07T21:52:42+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services - **2025-04-08T20:44:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-10T22:39:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:36:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:36:56+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-12T19:50:14+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-25T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-25T22:43:07+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-05T18:36:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-08T22:03:44+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/c1ee81cd-09d4-4ca7-95bf-89e4c381ee43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).