---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws prohibiting contracts that restrict practice to include physicians of all specialties"
description: "Revise laws prohibiting contracts that restrict practice to include physicians of all specialties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 620"
citation: "Montana HB 620 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services", "Professions and Occupations O-Z"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gist"]
version_count: 33
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-12-08T00:32:33+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T17:40:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3467ab3-3eb5-4019-8368-b3176ea3d858"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2295?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "478c4919034ea9f7cef8da9a0ff881d3b290629ba8ee4cb1df2e89f5a60ac53c"
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 620 (2025) — Revise laws prohibiting contracts that restrict practice to include physicians of all specialties

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0620.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306172)
2. **HB0620.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306751)
3. **HB0620_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285604)
4. **HB0620_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293858)
5. **HB0620_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294043)
6. **HB0620_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306352)
7. **HB0620_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306620)
8. **HB0620_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306621)
9. **HB0620_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306622)
10. **HB0620_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306623)
11. **HB0620_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285178)
12. **HB0620_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306733)
13. **HB0620_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306734)
14. **HB0620_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308978)
15. **HB0620_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314073)
16. **HB0620_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314075)
17. **HB0620_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306732)
18. **HB0620_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314077)
19. **HB0620_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325106)
20. **HB0620_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325107)
21. **HB0620_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326549)
22. **HB0620_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327033)
23. **HB0620_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327875)
24. **HB0620_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314932)
25. **HB0620_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314933)
26. **HB0620_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316319)
27. **HB0620_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316320)
28. **HB0620_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317337)
29. **HB0620_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320806)
30. **HB0620_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324301)
31. **HB0620_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325105)
32. **HB0620_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314076)
33. **LC2295.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283580)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Gist — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-08T00:32:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-08T00:32:33+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-14T22:50:52+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-14T23:06:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-15T16:49:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-18T15:19:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-18T17:57:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-18T18:34:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-18T18:57:25+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-20T22:01:50+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-21T18:36:59+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T19:54:07+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-24T14:32:21+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-02-26T19:45:48+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T22:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T23:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T16:55:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14T23:37:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T16:02:17+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-24T15:13:29+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-03T01:37:18+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-08T02:46:02+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-08T18:08:17+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-08T20:28:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T17:17:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T21:41:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:05:18+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T20:28:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17T22:05:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T20:04:21+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T16:45:23+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-04-23T16:45:59+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T17:00:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06T20:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T19:05:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T17:40:45+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/a3467ab3-3eb5-4019-8368-b3176ea3d858`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).