republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/sb-167.md

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Bill	Remove termination date for medical malpractice-related portions of the HELP Act	Remove termination date for medical malpractice-related portions of the HELP Act	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	SB 167	Montana SB 167 (2021)	bill	Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety) Liability (see also: Remedies; Torts)	enacted	Steve Fitzpatrick	3	46	6	2020-11-22	2021-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/64d2c4a8-cc40-4e9f-8317-a5a296c14ad0	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=167&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	f28e00735c0ed0d420ff281691c4d21f4d9cb97634bf7bfdc5edc34e31569617	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 167 (2021) — Remove termination date for medical malpractice-related portions of the HELP Act

Version chain

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

1. SB0167_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. SB0167_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 47–2 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 73–27 (pass) · lower
• DO PASS — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 48–2 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 73–27 (pass) · lower
• BE CONCURRED IN — 15–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-11-22 Draft Request Received
• 2020-11-25 Draft On Hold
• 2021-01-08 Draft Taken Off Hold
• 2021-01-23 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2021-01-25 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-01-25 Draft in Edit
• 2021-01-27 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-01-27 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-01-27 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-01-27 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-01-27 Executive Director Review
• 2021-01-27 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-01-27 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-01-27 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-01-27 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-01-28 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2021-01-28 Introduced introduction
• 2021-01-28 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2021-01-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-01-29 Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
• 2021-02-09 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs committee-passage
• 2021-02-09 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs committee-passage
• 2021-02-11 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-02-11 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-02-12 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-02-12 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-12 Transmitted to House
• 2021-02-16 Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services referral-committee
• 2021-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-03-18 Hearing - (H) Human Services
• 2021-03-26 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
• 2021-03-29 Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
• 2021-04-09 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-09 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2021-04-12 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-12 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-12 Returned to Senate
• 2021-04-13 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-04-15 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-04-15 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2021-04-22 Signed by President
• 2021-04-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-04-23 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-04-30 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-30 Chapter Number Assigned became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64d2c4a8-cc40-4e9f-8317-a5a296c14ad0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).