---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing for the Community Health Aide Program for tribal facilities"
description: "Allowing for the Community Health Aide Program for tribal facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 599"
citation: "Montana HB 599 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Indians", "Professions and Occupations Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Windy Boy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 66
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76831a98-bab2-42c0-baf3-f429094a5e5a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=599&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "d2916fb5d9f4b6654dcb909f8fed1f449ea4841c39547648c862d8b88c4ae46d"
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 599 (2019) — Allowing for the Community Health Aide Program for tribal facilities

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0599_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0599_1.pdf)
2. **HB0599_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0599_2.pdf)
3. **HB0599_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0599_3.pdf)
4. **HB0599_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0599_4.pdf)
5. **HB0599_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0599_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0599.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Adopt — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **28–22** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **27–22** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **73–23** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **6–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **28–20** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **61–38** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **78–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **83–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **74–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jonathan Windy Boy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-30** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-12** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-18** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-25** Hearing
- **2019-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-02** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-10** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2019-04-10** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-11** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-15** Hearing
- **2019-04-15** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-16** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-17** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76831a98-bab2-42c0-baf3-f429094a5e5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).