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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

House Bill 585: Revise provider rate laws for physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and occupational therapists

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Feb 19
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 28
✅ House
Passed House
Mar 4
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 10
✅ Reconcil.
Reconciled
Apr 16
✴️ Gov.
Pending
Sponsor:
Ed Buttrey RGreat Falls / HD 21
| Requester: Ed Buttrey
📃 Bill text
Available here
💵 Fiscal note
Available here
🏛 Legal note
None on file
🖍 Proposed amendments
None on file
See also: The official bill page.

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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Feb 19
Introduced
Feb 20
Referred to Committee
Feb 20
First Reading
Feb 26
Hearing
👥 House Business and Labor
Feb 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Business and Labor
✅ 18-2
R10-2
D8-0
Feb 28
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Mar 3
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 91-7
R49-7
D42-0
Mar 3
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 3
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Mar 3
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 21-0
R12-0
D9-0
Mar 3
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Mar 4
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 94-5
R52-5
D42-0
Mar 4
Transmitted to Senate
Mar 5
Referred to Committee
Mar 19
Hearing
👥 Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
Mar 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
✅ 12-0
R8-0
D4-0
Apr 2
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 31-19
R13-19
D18-0
Apr 2
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 4
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Apr 7
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Apr 9
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
✅ 12-10
R4-10
D8-0
Apr 10
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 34-14
R16-14
D18-0
Apr 10
Returned to House with Amendments
Apr 15
2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred
✅ 92-8
R50-8
D42-0
Apr 16
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate
✅ 82-15
R44-14
D38-1
Showing major bill actions only.
This table may omit bill actions recorded since this guide's last update. See the bill page at legmt.gov for an official reference.

About the 2025 Montana Free Press Capitol Tracker

This guide is an effort to make the quantifiable aspects of the Montana Legislature more accessible to the public by compiling information about lawmakers, proposed bills and the legislative process. This is a project of Montana Free Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit newsroom that aims to provide Montanans with in-depth, nonpartisan news coverage.

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