# Montana HB 386: Revising laws related to continuous medicaid eligibility

Montana HB 386, Revising laws related to continuous medicaid eligibility, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by SJ Howell (Democrat); status failed, last action 2025-05-20 (Died in Process); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB386-2025
- As of: 2026-10-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Montana HB 386
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Revising laws related to continuous medicaid eligibility
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-04
- Last action: 2025-05-20, Died in Process
- Sponsor: SJ Howell (Democrat)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Health Care Services, Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (53 yes, 47 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: SJ Howell (Democrat), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-22 | House | Do Pass | pass | 53 | 47 |   |

## Actions (21)

- 2025-05-20: Died in Process (House)
- 2025-04-09: Missed Deadline for Appropriation Bill Transmittal (House)
- 2025-04-03: Tabled in Committee (House)
- 2025-02-25: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House)
- 2025-02-25: Revised Fiscal Note Signed (House)
- 2025-02-25: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House)
- 2025-02-24: Hearing (House)
- 2025-02-22: Rereferred to Committee (House)
- 2025-02-22: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-02-21: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (House)
- 2025-02-19: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-02-18: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-02-13: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House)
- 2025-02-13: Revised Fiscal Note Signed (House)
- 2025-02-13: Fiscal Note Printed (House)
- 2025-02-11: Fiscal Note Unsigned (House)
- 2025-02-07: Fiscal Note Received (House)
- 2025-02-05: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-02-05: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-02-04: Fiscal Note Requested (House)
- 2025-02-04: Introduced (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended (Version 2), 2025-02-19: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=d0e0df08-7d1c-4421-bfbb-f8c877f0dc0c)
- Introduced, 2025-02-04: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ab107abd-1d37-4801-935e-2f63014e856f)

## Related bills

- SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed)
- HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed)
- HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed)
- SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed)
- SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)

## Sources
- [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=d0e0df08-7d1c-4421-bfbb-f8c877f0dc0c)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ab107abd-1d37-4801-935e-2f63014e856f)

## Related
- [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025)
- [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025)
- [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025)
- [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025)
- [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB386-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).