--- type: "Bill" title: "Generally revise health insurance laws relating to health utilization review" description: "Generally revise health insurance laws relating to health utilization review" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 544" citation: "Montana HB 544 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Health", "Insurance"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Ed Buttrey"] version_count: 14 action_count: 38 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-23T18:49:20+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-05T16:49:01+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4640c380-64e4-43b8-956e-157e8d770bd8" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1961?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "60be22cbddb55bbf85ad74b5a621017aa078196507018122db88f4983ae24f4f" 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 544 (2025) — Generally revise health insurance laws relating to health utilization review ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0544_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292276) 2. **HB0544_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298120) 3. **HB0544_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308326) 4. **HB0544_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308327) 5. **HB0544_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283687) 6. **HB0544_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316826) 7. **HB0544_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320402) 8. **HB0544_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321583) 9. **HB0544_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321584) 10. **HB0544_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321585) 11. **HB0544_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324690) 12. **HB0544_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326420) 13. **HB0544_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310886) 14. **LC1961.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283520) ## Votes - Do Pass — **88–11** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **85–14** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Ed Buttrey — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-23T18:49:20+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-02-16T21:06:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-02-16T21:38:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-18T16:23:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-18T16:43:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-18T18:27:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-18T18:51:46+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-18T19:20:02+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-18T19:59:50+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-02-18T20:04:10+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-02-19T19:33:35+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-02-19T19:52:09+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-20T23:22:32+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-02-24T19:03:26+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-02-24T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-02-24T20:40:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-02-24T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-02-24T22:02:52+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-03-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-04T00:08:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-04T20:18:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-04T21:24:01+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-03-05T15:29:14+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-03-19T16:04:55+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-03-25T17:40:51+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-03-25T19:35:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-04-09T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-09T21:01:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-10T18:24:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-10T18:24:34+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-11T14:47:54+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-18T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-22T13:30:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-05T16:49:01+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/4640c380-64e4-43b8-956e-157e8d770bd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).