# Montana HB 686: Generally revising laws related to physician assistants Montana HB 686, Generally revising laws related to physician assistants, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Jodee Etchart (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB686-2025 - 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 686 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Generally revising laws related to physician assistants - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-24 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Jodee Etchart (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Professions and Occupations Generally - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (482 yes, 14 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More physician assistants on medical board: benefit, low. The law expands the state medical board to 14 members. Three seats now go to physician assistants, up from one. The board also has five medical doctors, including one with emergency medicine experience, and none from the same county. It also has one doctor of osteopathy, one podiatrist, one nutriti… - State repeals PA licensing rules: mixed, low. The law repeals several Montana laws that set licensing and practice rules for physician assistants. These sections, including rules on applications, renewals, definitions, and supervision, no longer apply. This removes statutory limits but the text here does not name replacement rules or dates, cr… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jodee Etchart (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Daniel Zolnikov (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-17 | House | Do Concur | pass | 94 | 5 | | | 2025-04-16 | House | Do Concur | pass | 95 | 5 | | | 2025-04-07 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 47 | 2 | | | 2025-04-05 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 49 | 1 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | Do Pass | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-03-05 | House | Do Pass | pass | 98 | 1 | | ## Actions (34) - 2025-05-19: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-07: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-23: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-18: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-17: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-16: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-07: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-07: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-05: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-04-03: Revised Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-04-03: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-04-01: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-03-28: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-03-28: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-03-14: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-03-05: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-03-03: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-03: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-03-03: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-03-01: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-03-01: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-27: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-24: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-02-24: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-24: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-02-24: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-22: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=80d29eb3-0768-478a-a693-eafdb7642ece) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-03-28: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=cd28175d-bbd3-4129-854d-0dca3acdb154) - Introduced, 2025-02-24: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=41620699-71b7-4a34-b9ac-7832d6d4cae2) ## 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 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=80d29eb3-0768-478a-a693-eafdb7642ece) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=cd28175d-bbd3-4129-854d-0dca3acdb154) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=41620699-71b7-4a34-b9ac-7832d6d4cae2) ## 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 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB686-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).