---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for rural emergency hospital designation"
description: "Provide for rural emergency hospital designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 312"
citation: "Montana HB 312 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jodee Etchart"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-29T21:21:38+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:09:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6051105e-f0de-41d2-8036-fd5aaa9d9749"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1666"
source_hash: "40ff00546d87354a0be45c3270e841dac645929254ac03e640d6ad8682a5e0a7"
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 312 (2023) — Provide for rural emergency hospital designation

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0312_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6606)
2. **HB0312_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6605)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Tabled in Committee — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- (S) Taken from Table in Committee — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jodee Etchart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:09:40+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:31:33+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-02T21:04:08+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02T21:04:07+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T22:21:47+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T22:02:47+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-27T19:35:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T20:11:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T19:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-24T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-24T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-03-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-03-22T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T18:42:40+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T20:25:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08T23:10:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-08T22:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T21:15:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03T20:27:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03T17:49:26+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-03T17:49:11+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-03T16:39:59+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-03T00:15:54+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30T22:00:52+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-27T19:31:44+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-24T20:09:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24T18:43:59+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T17:41:36+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-23T16:32:57+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-18T21:47:17+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-17T17:45:25+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-16T19:08:33+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-16T19:08:25+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-12T23:27:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-12T23:02:50+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-12T22:02:13+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-12T22:02:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-12T20:45:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-11T01:34:05+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-10T00:12:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-09T18:46:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-29T22:38:17+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-29T21:21:38+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/6051105e-f0de-41d2-8036-fd5aaa9d9749`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).