HB 794 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise pharmacy laws

HB 794 revises general pharmacy laws, impacting pharmacies, pharmacy technicians, and clinical pharmacist practitioners. The bill updates and clarifies definitions, removes the utilization plan requirement for in-state and mail-order pharmacies, and mandates an endorsement for clinical pharmacist practitioners. It also eliminates outdated notification practices for biosimilar drug selection and generic drug signage requirements. Additionally, the bill clarifies pharmacy wholesale distribution licenses and the powers of the Board of Pharmacy, and adjusts provisions for insurance plans regarding out-of-state mail-order pharmacies.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Signed May 19, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB0794_X(2).pdf → HB0794_X(3).pdf · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text shows a minor formatting adjustment where a period was removed from the end of a clause listing repealed sections. This change does not alter the legal effect of the bill, as the instruction to repeal specific sections remains identical in both versions.

TECHNICAL

Removed a period at the end of a sentence listing repealed statutes, which is a non-substantive formatting correction.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 18, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

50–0

Passed

Total votes 50

Apr 18, 2025

D Democratic18

18 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican32

32 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 13, 2025

Signed into law

(H) Signed by Governor

lower

May 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Signed by President

upper

May 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Signed by Speaker

lower

Apr 18, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (50-0)

senate

Mar 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Report - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs

upper

Mar 19, 2025

Committee

(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs

upper

Mar 7, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (99-0-1)

house

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Report - (H) Business and Labor

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Business and Labor

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors