---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish patient visitation rights"
description: "Establish patient visitation rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 308"
citation: "Montana SB 308 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Bogner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-06T14:25:58+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:18:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fd9093a-3fcc-46c5-921a-43fc799f7b54"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0644"
source_hash: "e11ff4dfdabd75b695892471210d6bbc34e82d88791f2abaadcf70e78fe30930"
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 SB 308 (2023) — Establish patient visitation rights

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0308.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7269)
2. **SB0308.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7268)
3. **SB0308001SCS18796.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7252)
4. **SB0308_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7232)
5. **SB0308_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7234)
6. **SB0308_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7233)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–10** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **73–27** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **75–25** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **40–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Bogner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:18:59+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T15:24:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26T16:20:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-23T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T16:26:39+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T16:26:38+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T20:13:34+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T19:37:53+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-13T22:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T17:09:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T14:27:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-23T20:38:27+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-15T21:45:08+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T20:53:21+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:17:35+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-02T15:43:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T01:50:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T22:43:23+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-28T20:23:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T18:15:26+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-22T22:00:19+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-20T14:01:21+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-17T15:47:49+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-02-16T00:27:50+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-10T20:12:08+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10T16:46:42+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T21:47:11+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-09T19:00:35+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-09T18:59:02+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-09T18:01:09+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-09T15:59:22+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-06T17:40:10+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-06T17:40:04+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-06T14:11:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-05T17:18:38+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-04T15:13:52+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-04T15:13:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-03T21:22:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-03T19:40:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-03T15:47:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-03T15:21:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-28T21:26:37+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-06T14:25:58+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/7fd9093a-3fcc-46c5-921a-43fc799f7b54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).