---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to the publication process of certificate of need letters of intent"
description: "Revise laws related to the publication process of certificate of need letters of intent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 88"
citation: "Montana SB 88 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Care Services", "Senior Citizens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Fern"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-10-02T12:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-04T01:29:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1751602c-f48e-4971-893f-1d323845f5ae"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0445?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "d035e6399664cafdc65380c121314590a6ff48bd95ffa989ba46348eb777cebd"
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 88 (2025) — Revise laws related to the publication process of certificate of need letters of intent

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0445.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265650)
2. **SB0088_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269555)
3. **SB0088_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275311)
4. **SB0088_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276365)
5. **SB0088_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277502)
6. **SB0088_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282285)
7. **SB0088_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297635)
8. **SB0088_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269554)
9. **SB0088_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297634)
10. **SB0088_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297637)
11. **SB0088_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310739)
12. **SB0088_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316677)
13. **SB0088_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320262)
14. **SB0088_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324128)
15. **SB0088_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325761)
16. **SB0088_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297638)
17. **SB0088_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297810)
18. **SB0088_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297811)
19. **SB0088_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297812)
20. **SB0088_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297901)
21. **SB0088_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305209)
22. **SB0088_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305210)
23. **SB0088_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305211)
24. **SB0088_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297636)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Fern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-02T12:52:09+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-10-03T22:57:43+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-10-15T20:30:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-10-23T21:15:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-10-28T16:51:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-11T16:00:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-17T17:52:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-18T22:21:02+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-27T19:59:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-27T20:27:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-06T21:58:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-14T19:28:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15T20:23:04+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-01-25T00:38:06+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27T20:50:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-29T22:42:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-30T22:10:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-30T22:57:03+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-01-31T18:57:25+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31T20:16:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07T16:20:29+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2025-02-14T00:39:12+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-02-14T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20T20:58:00+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`
- **2025-03-21T19:58:21+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-25T11:36:51+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`
- **2025-04-04T01:29:58+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/1751602c-f48e-4971-893f-1d323845f5ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).