---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws relating to health insurance claims submitted to the department of public health and human insurances"
description: "Revise laws relating to health insurance claims submitted to the department of public health and human insurances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 361"
citation: "Montana SB 361 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Yakawich"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-22T20:59:42+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T19:43:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9e14719-cfbf-4100-b069-453872232888"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1894?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "efaa77ff6f29eab7723e76e6603fbe75f2468ac02447333a9e07899b96f520b1"
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 361 (2025) — Revise laws relating to health insurance claims submitted to the department of public health and human insurances

## Version chain

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

1. **LC1894.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282983)
2. **SB0361_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293376)
3. **SB0361_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298111)
4. **SB0361_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302438)
5. **SB0361_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302442)
6. **SB0361_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284140)
7. **SB0361_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302447)
8. **SB0361_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317419)
9. **SB0361_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317420)
10. **SB0361_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317421)
11. **SB0361_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320856)
12. **SB0361_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324338)
13. **SB0361_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326391)
14. **SB0361_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327611)
15. **SB0361_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303305)
16. **SB0361_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303308)
17. **SB0361_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303309)
18. **SB0361_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303872)
19. **SB0361_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303873)
20. **SB0361_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310704)
21. **SB0361_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316643)
22. **SB0361_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317415)
23. **SB0361_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302444)

## Votes

- do_pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Yakawich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-22T20:59:42+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-17T16:55:09+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-12-17T16:55:31+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-29T20:24:13+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-13T17:10:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-13T21:36:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-15T23:14:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-16T16:44:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-16T19:01:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-17T19:01:46+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-19T16:43:53+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-19T20:09:05+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21T15:47:04+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-21T15:55:59+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T00:13:58+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-28T00:14:05+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-02-28T19:43:08+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-01T05:45:08+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-04T18:46:45+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T20:04:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T18:56:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T19:25:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T20:25:26+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-07T17:17:21+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T22:55:47+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21T20:28:26+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-25T16:47:50+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-25T19:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31T20:13:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T20:09:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T20:09:54+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-02T21:54:21+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-07T16:00:02+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-08T16:15:25+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16T18:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-17T19:43:27+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/c9e14719-cfbf-4100-b069-453872232888`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).