---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to protection of medical speech and practice"
description: "Generally revise laws related to protection of medical speech and practice"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 706"
citation: "Montana HB 706 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Insurance", "Professions and Occupations Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Naarah Hastings"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-05T19:26:59+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T17:14:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1d4fa56-90d5-44b7-8185-1df42558640a"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3150"
source_hash: "1eaf8e82254f80bbc64d84324f31755b7bb6f48cd92e4c5d5dc1bf44b655d914"
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 706 (2023) — Generally revise laws related to protection of medical speech and practice

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0706_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10482)
2. **HB0706_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10481)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **70–29** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **67–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Naarah Hastings — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T17:14:59+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:35:37+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-23T19:16:45+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-23T19:16:44+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T15:19:26+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T02:43:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-18T22:12:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T20:06:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T19:22:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T19:48:40+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:24+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T21:35:16+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T17:06:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T22:43:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T15:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T22:00:46+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T20:42:36+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-21T18:49:16+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T17:15:11+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-21T16:23:36+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-20T19:51:01+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-20T18:24:50+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-20T16:06:25+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-20T16:06:21+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-19T23:32:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-19T23:27:52+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-19T19:44:42+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-19T19:44:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-19T18:58:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-19T00:45:06+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-17T07:07:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-15T14:33:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-14T22:36:48+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-11T15:10:35+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2023-01-14T20:44:08+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-12-05T19:26:59+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/b1d4fa56-90d5-44b7-8185-1df42558640a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).