---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing ECPs to provide patient care in a health care facility"
description: "Allowing ECPs to provide patient care in a health care facility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 610"
citation: "Montana HB 610 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Health Care Services (see also: Health)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gist"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-05T20:16:16+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-27T18:06:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c6792c0-9d8a-4fbc-a2ba-ed2e4dc1f5e7"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3197"
source_hash: "cd6413662be935a4c24ef2654673ac820e897cf2358388f7eb568e0cf9799ca0"
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 610 (2023) — Allowing ECPs to provide patient care in a health care facility

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0610_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9361)
2. **HB0610_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9362)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Gist — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27T18:06:49+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T15:12:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T17:01:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-19T15:12:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-15T01:05:57+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-14T14:52:03+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-11T20:09:14+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-07T16:16:38+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-06T20:43:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T20:01:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03T16:34:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-31T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T15:14:04+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:14:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:20:13+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:24:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T00:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:25:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T17:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T14:00:53+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T20:50:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20T23:42:22+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-02-20T17:45:16+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T15:13:28+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T14:57:51+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-15T18:50:15+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-15T00:18:58+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T20:26:56+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-14T20:26:49+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T17:55:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-14T13:54:55+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-14T02:12:58+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-14T02:12:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-13T20:41:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-13T18:56:18+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-10T22:17:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-10T21:03:33+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-10T21:02:21+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-24T15:39:04+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-12-31T20:38:15+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-12-05T20:16:16+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/8c6792c0-9d8a-4fbc-a2ba-ed2e4dc1f5e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).