---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the Montana rural physician incentive program"
description: "Revise the Montana rural physician incentive program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 283"
citation: "Montana SB 283 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Professions and Occupations O-Z", "University System (see also: Colleges)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Albert Olszewski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 64
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2016-09-15"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cb611c3-2752-4f28-b76e-1d58cff63de8"
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=LC0451&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "300168b67b55836b8c2bb68119125126ec88374c32b637097dc0f78bb24fa1f2"
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 SB 283 (2017) — Revise the Montana rural physician incentive program

## 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/SB0283.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **92–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **40–10** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **93–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Albert Olszewski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-15** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-21** Draft On Hold
- **2017-02-14** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-02-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-14** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-14** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-02-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-02-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-15** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-15** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-15** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-15** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-15** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-20** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-20** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-20** Hearing
- **2017-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-02-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing
- **2017-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-04** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-04-04** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Hearing
- **2017-04-05** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-06** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-04-06** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-06** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-10** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-11** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-12** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-12** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-24** Signed by President
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cb611c3-2752-4f28-b76e-1d58cff63de8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).