---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise insurance coverage for prescription eyedrop refills"
description: "Revise insurance coverage for prescription eyedrop refills"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 263"
citation: "Montana HB 263 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Regier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-01T21:34:05+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T22:06:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3359188a-a7f4-41bb-9980-de80598241f8"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0912"
source_hash: "7a05b8dd199b70aec9cbd53c434a2fa16ca5643d3b6b8892e7ff6b4a443bcfc7"
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 263 (2023) — Revise insurance coverage for prescription eyedrop refills

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0263_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6194)
2. **HB0263_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6195)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amy Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T22:06:11+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T17:51:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-28T20:09:24+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-28T20:09:23+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-20T21:54:26+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-20T21:29:14+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-18T14:14:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-18T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-17T19:43:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T19:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-14T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-13T14:30:35+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-06T20:25:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06T19:05:39+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T14:11:12+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-03T21:09:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02T20:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27T20:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27T18:20:53+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T15:30:26+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-19T20:18:52+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19T18:30:49+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T18:11:27+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-17T20:33:04+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-16T21:33:35+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-29T16:13:47+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-28T17:47:35+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-28T17:47:28+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-28T17:23:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-28T00:27:58+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-27T21:42:21+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-27T21:42:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-21T21:17:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-21T18:52:51+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-21T15:34:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-21T13:16:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-23T19:07:04+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-01T21:34:05+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3359188a-a7f4-41bb-9980-de80598241f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).