---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for independent practice of physician assistants"
description: "Provide for independent practice of physician assistants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 313"
citation: "Montana HB 313 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Professions and Occupations O-Z"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jodee Etchart"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 53
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-18T22:23:18+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T16:36:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3761d049-3d74-4d80-9ca8-d099e528ad8c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1345"
source_hash: "df70b6bf4e54c6f9b5d19003146ad091c1a749ce8ead6267a302d3e9610b7f33"
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 313 (2023) — Provide for independent practice of physician assistants

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0313.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6615)
2. **HB0313.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6617)
3. **HB0313.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6614)
4. **HB0313.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6616)
5. **HB0313.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6612)
6. **HB0313.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6610)
7. **HB0313.001.006_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6611)
8. **HB0313.001.006_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6613)
9. **HB0313_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6620)
10. **HB0313_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6619)
11. **HB0313_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6618)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **92–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **17–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **36–13** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **92–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jodee Etchart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T16:36:36+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:48:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T14:05:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T23:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-12T23:20:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-12T23:13:59+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12T23:13:30+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-04T02:01:02+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-03T23:40:40+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-31T19:19:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T20:26:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T19:21:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-22T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T19:30:36+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T17:25:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01T00:10:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-28T23:44:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T21:09:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T22:52:18+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-22T20:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T15:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T20:29:49+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-07T21:36:00+00:00** (H) Sponsor List Modified
- **2023-02-03T15:30:24+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-31T22:23:00+00:00** (H) Sponsor List Modified
- **2023-01-26T21:51:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Sponsor List Modified
- **2023-01-24T20:09:02+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24T18:44:09+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T17:42:13+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-23T16:45:14+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-19T19:25:51+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-10T18:36:07+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-09T16:16:34+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-09T16:16:26+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-07T22:06:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-07T20:59:52+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-06T23:17:30+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-06T23:17:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-06T16:47:37+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-29T22:20:28+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-27T23:31:06+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-27T23:31:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-27T20:35:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-27T19:37:39+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-27T15:53:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-21T22:15:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-18T22:23:18+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/3761d049-3d74-4d80-9ca8-d099e528ad8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).