---
type: "Bill"
title: "Implementing travel insurance model act"
description: "Implementing travel insurance model act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 591"
citation: "Montana HB 591 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-17T22:39:13+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T17:04:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/870c50df-7d96-423f-996d-5991a4cb1a98"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1292"
source_hash: "717852bc23fc3dbf779a26a7cbc42ed107fc85836b9d3dd4e8423ad3d6aba0b0"
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 591 (2023) — Implementing travel insurance model act

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0591.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9154)
2. **HB0591.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9155)
3. **HB0591.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9153)
4. **HB0591.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9152)
5. **HB0591_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9157)
6. **HB0591_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9158)
7. **HB0591_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9156)
8. **HB0591_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9159)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T17:04:14+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:16:54+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`
- **2023-05-01T17:06:30+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01T17:06:29+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T21:17:21+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T19:42:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T20:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T22:10:56+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-15T01:48:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T20:13:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:34:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-07T19:26:40+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-23T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T15:11:34+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:14:13+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:19:58+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T19:17:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T20:29:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T20:26:44+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-24T15:53:20+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-23T18:28:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T15:00:49+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-16T20:37:25+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T17:56:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:15:08+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T02:09:49+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-15T19:43:26+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-15T00:53:10+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T20:33:31+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-14T20:33:26+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T13:15:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-14T02:04:03+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-13T23:07:37+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-13T23:07:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-13T17:16:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-10T17:50:22+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-08T16:09:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-07T23:55:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-07T00:05:34+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-17T22:39:13+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/870c50df-7d96-423f-996d-5991a4cb1a98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).