---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update licensing requirements for facilities licensed by the department of public health and human services"
description: "Update licensing requirements for facilities licensed by the department of public health and human services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 516"
citation: "Montana SB 516 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Care Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Yakawich"]
version_count: 25
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-22T20:59:08+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T14:29:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3de5884a-b35a-4a15-b561-8bc5ca0f5854"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1893?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "d6df31a05de0c8eb1390349704b35101661818613913c6be5128943330fe9c25"
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 516 (2025) — Update licensing requirements for facilities licensed by the department of public health and human services

## Version chain

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

1. **LC1893.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286606)
2. **SB0516_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289303)
3. **SB0516_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293552)
4. **SB0516_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293699)
5. **SB0516_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298539)
6. **SB0516_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309284)
7. **SB0516_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309285)
8. **SB0516_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288116)
9. **SB0516_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309287)
10. **SB0516_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316935)
11. **SB0516_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320510)
12. **SB0516_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322020)
13. **SB0516_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322021)
14. **SB0516_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322022)
15. **SB0516_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324780)
16. **SB0516_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326390)
17. **SB0516_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309288)
18. **SB0516_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309470)
19. **SB0516_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309471)
20. **SB0516_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309472)
21. **SB0516_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309473)
22. **SB0516_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309643)
23. **SB0516_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309644)
24. **SB0516_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310999)
25. **SB0516_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309286)

## Votes

- do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Yakawich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-22T20:59:08+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-17T22:35:22+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-17T23:16:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-24T18:19:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-24T22:04:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-24T22:47:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T23:50:27+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-25T22:00:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-26T14:57:36+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-26T20:35:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-27T00:35:49+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T21:28:05+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-03-01T04:26:13+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T18:29:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T23:06:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T00:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T01:54:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T16:19:12+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-17T15:27:50+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19T19:14:23+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2025-03-26T00:01:29+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-03-26T19:25:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-04-11T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T19:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:01:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:01:58+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-14T13:51:20+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:15:16+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:00:05+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T19:20:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T14:29:58+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/3de5884a-b35a-4a15-b561-8bc5ca0f5854`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).