---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising funding for health care services"
description: "Revising funding for health care services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 639"
citation: "Montana HB 639 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation Process", "Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Health Care Services (see also: Health)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rob Cook"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 65
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2016-11-08"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/176442f6-74c8-4c22-9620-2739c91def7c"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0680&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "bae650706a86c10c32ede4f059ba7a92ef5204528b4af6b8f10bf44a0294cad3"
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 HB 639 (2017) — Revising funding for health care services

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/HB0639.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **32–15** (pass) · legislature
- Do Not Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
- ReconsAction-Tschida — **44–56** (fail) · legislature
- Do Pass — **72–28** (pass) · legislature
- Change Motion to Do Concur - Jones — **32–15** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted — **61–39** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **34–14** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Rob Cook — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-08** Draft Request Received
- **2016-11-10** Draft On Hold
- **2017-03-17** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-03-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-03-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-03-18** Draft in Edit
- **2017-03-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-03-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-03-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-03-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-20** Executive Director Review
- **2017-03-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-03-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-03-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-03-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-27** Hearing
- **2017-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-30** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Hearing
- **2017-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-21** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2017-04-22** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-24** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-24** Hearing
- **2017-04-25** Hearing
- **2017-04-25** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-04-25** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-04-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-25** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-25** Motion Carried
- **2017-04-25** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-26** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-26** Motion to Reconsider Failed
- **2017-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-26** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-27** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-28** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-28** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-05-04** Signed by President
- **2017-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/176442f6-74c8-4c22-9620-2739c91def7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).