---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide oversight and standard for community benefits/charity care"
description: "Provide oversight and standard for community benefits/charity care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 45"
citation: "Montana HB 45 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Keenan"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 60
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-08-31T17:19:33+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T17:41:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d586b40-e1e9-4a1d-9719-73b84d4547b8"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0281"
source_hash: "dc764ab1106982efb601c5c2811cfe24ef371dad338425d4c715307c1af0bbe1"
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 45 (2023) — Provide oversight and standard for community benefits/charity care

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0045.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2877)
2. **HB0045.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2878)
3. **HB0045.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2879)
4. **HB0045.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2880)
5. **HB0045.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2881)
6. **HB0045.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2882)
7. **HB0045.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2883)
8. **HB0045.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2884)
9. **HB0045.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2885)
10. **HB0045_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2887)
11. **HB0045_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2888)
12. **HB0045_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2889)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **91–8** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **81–19** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Keenan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T17:41:47+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T22:51:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-26T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-23T18:50:26+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-23T18:50:25+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T15:15:17+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T02:40:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-18T21:41:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T00:33:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-17T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-17T16:56:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T16:44:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T15:59:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-17T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-17T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-14T19:42:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T19:43:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-12T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T14:27:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T16:29:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02T02:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-02T02:19:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T20:40:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T03:42:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T22:00:10+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-24T23:43:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24T20:27:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T21:12:25+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-22T20:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T21:32:24+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-25T22:00:55+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-20T17:49:39+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-16T20:18:18+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16T18:23:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06T15:08:50+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-06T15:08:36+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-04T15:08:26+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-12T20:42:29+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T19:14:45+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-08T22:52:55+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-08T22:52:54+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-12-07T20:39:33+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-07T20:09:25+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-07T18:43:04+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-07T18:43:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-07T16:21:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-06T23:12:46+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-02T17:15:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-02T00:20:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-17T22:29:35+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-08-31T17:19:33+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/0d586b40-e1e9-4a1d-9719-73b84d4547b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).