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type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws relating to category D assisted living facilities"
description: "Revise laws relating to category D assisted living facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 524"
citation: "Montana SB 524 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Health", "Health Care Services", "Institutions", "Judges and Justices", "Mental Illness or Incapacity", "Senior Citizens"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Lenz"]
version_count: 46
action_count: 61
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2024-10-04T19:53:52+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-16T16:16:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14c3bbc1-651d-471a-aeea-fd6bae9b2de0"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0470?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "22b3226ba356bd7e0f1d34a7e07e910312304724d2fe9bd7a3d441caba917643"
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 SB 524 (2025) — Revise laws relating to category D assisted living facilities
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **LC0470.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286194)
2. **SB0524.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307702)
3. **SB0524.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317454)
4. **SB0524_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289328)
5. **SB0524_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307893)
6. **SB0524_1(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308041)
7. **SB0524_1(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308076)
8. **SB0524_1(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308112)
9. **SB0524_1(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308113)
10. **SB0524_1(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308117)
11. **SB0524_1(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308118)
12. **SB0524_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293555)
13. **SB0524_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293637)
14. **SB0524_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293711)
15. **SB0524_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307869)
16. **SB0524_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307870)
17. **SB0524_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307871)
18. **SB0524_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307872)
19. **SB0524_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307892)
20. **SB0524_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288319)
21. **SB0524_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308088)
22. **SB0524_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319893)
23. **SB0524_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319894)
24. **SB0524_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308122)
25. **SB0524_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308133)
26. **SB0524_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308135)
27. **SB0524_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309040)
28. **SB0524_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309448)
29. **SB0524_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309564)
30. **SB0524_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319891)
31. **SB0524_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319892)
32. **SB0524_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307883)
33. **SB0524_3(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319929)
34. **SB0524_3(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319930)
35. **SB0524_3(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319934)
36. **SB0524_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319921)
37. **SB0524_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319938)
38. **SB0524_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320003)
39. **SB0524_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320004)
40. **SB0524_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321082)
41. **SB0524_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323036)
42. **SB0524_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323037)
43. **SB0524_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323038)
44. **SB0524_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325003)
45. **SB0524_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325834)
46. **SB0524_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319936)
## Votes
- Do Concur — **8812** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **455** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **917** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **416** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **149** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **464** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **210** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **490** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **8811** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **955** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **937** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **491** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **110** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dennis Lenz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-10-04T19:53:52+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-10-29T18:28:22+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-17T23:23:07+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-18T20:51:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-19T13:24:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-23T01:54:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-24T17:52:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-24T20:12:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-25T18:55:59+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-26T18:27:55+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-26T18:36:11+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-26T20:38:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-27T00:43:16+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T01:06:59+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-27T21:27:18+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-03-04T03:14:51+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T20:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T21:43:51+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-04T21:43:56+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-03-05T00:15:13+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-06T09:31:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T23:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T00:31:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T01:54:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T16:19:16+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-17T15:28:42+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19T19:09:43+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2025-03-27T00:24:02+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-03-27T19:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-04-09T19:53:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T21:50:30+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T00:00:37+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-10T00:35:19+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-10T15:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-11T20:37:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T00:04:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T01:03:36+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2025-04-17T23:51:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure, reading-2`
- **2025-04-23T18:38:00+00:00** (S) Conference Committee Appointed
- **2025-04-24T16:49:20+00:00** (S) Hearing - Conference Committee on SB 524
- **2025-04-24T23:01:22+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - Conference Committee on SB 524
- **2025-04-24T23:05:00+00:00** (H) Conference Committee Appointed
- **2025-04-24T23:48:49+00:00** (S) Hearing - Conference Committee on SB 524
- **2025-04-28T19:50:20+00:00** (H) Conference Committee Report Received `receipt`
- **2025-04-28T20:33:00+00:00** (S) Conference Committee Report Received `receipt`
- **2025-04-29T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29T16:15:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29T17:46:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-29T20:26:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-30T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30T17:09:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30T19:50:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01T17:33:52+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T14:00:10+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-06T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-06T19:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06T21:30:54+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T18:19:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T16:16:13+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/14c3bbc1-651d-471a-aeea-fd6bae9b2de0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).