---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for a Montana caregiver act"
description: "Provide for a Montana caregiver act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "Montana HB 163 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Liability (see also: Remedies; Torts)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geraldine Custer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-11-15"
last_action: "2017-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0a850b2-506b-4f0b-a860-5b5c722dd015"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0857&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "a016d73b807bc06659f2a74b44baca3a905efa7dac35473df01019c7d1875fdd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
---

# Montana HB 163 (2017) — Provide for a Montana caregiver act

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/HB0163.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Geraldine Custer — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-11-15** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-14** Draft in Edit
- **2016-12-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2016-12-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-12-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-14** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2016-12-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-02** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-04** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-05** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-18** Hearing
- **2017-02-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-02** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-02** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-06** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-07** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-07** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Hearing
- **2017-03-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-13** Returned to House
- **2017-03-14** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-20** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Signed by President
- **2017-03-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-31** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-31** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0a850b2-506b-4f0b-a860-5b5c722dd015`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).