# Montana HB 687: Revise age of expanded Medicaid participants required to engage in community engagement activities Montana HB 687, Revise age of expanded Medicaid participants required to engage in community engagement activities, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Bill Mercer (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-08 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB687-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 687 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revise age of expanded Medicaid participants required to engage in community engagement activities - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-24 - Last action: 2025-05-08, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Bill Mercer (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Health Care Services, Health, Labor and Employment, Social Services - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (179 yes, 118 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Many Medicaid adults exempt from hours: benefit, medium. The law lists who does not have to do the hours. You are exempt if you are medically frail, blind or disabled, or pregnant. You are also exempt for an acute medical need or inability to work. Caregivers, foster parents, full‑time high school students, and 6+ credit college or vocational students ar… - Work hours rule ends June 30, 2025: benefit, medium. This work‑hours section ends June 30, 2025. After that date, this rule no longer applies unless lawmakers renew it. - 80 hours a month for Medicaid adults: mixed, high. Adults 19 to 62 on this Medicaid coverage must do 80 hours each month. Hours can include work, job training, school, substance use treatment, or volunteer service. Other approved activities that promote work or Medicaid’s health goals also count, including those needed for federal waivers. Not meet… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Bill Mercer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Carl Glimm (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-12 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 32 | 18 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 32 | 17 | | | 2025-03-04 | House | Do Pass | pass | 57 | 42 | | | 2025-03-03 | House | Do Pass | pass | 58 | 41 | | ## Actions (34) - 2025-05-08: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-05: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-04-25: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-04-25: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-14: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-12: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-12: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Rereferred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-10: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-03-04: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-03-03: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-03: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-03: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-03: Rereferred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-03: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-02-28: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-28: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-02-28: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-02-28: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-02-27: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-25: 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, 2025-04-14: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=f33bc184-1c3e-4246-956f-3e7975f66f1c) - Introduced, 2025-02-24: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8e249a03-f62c-43dc-8cef-37d9054dfb12) ## 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 - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=f33bc184-1c3e-4246-956f-3e7975f66f1c) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8e249a03-f62c-43dc-8cef-37d9054dfb12) ## 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) - [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-HB687-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).