---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for the Preserving Fertility Act"
description: "Provide for the Preserving Fertility Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 516"
citation: "Montana SB 516 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Insurance", "Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jen Gross"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 64
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-15T18:22:26+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-29T16:35:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b1bfb4f-debf-4cff-9989-808bf4e025fd"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4608"
source_hash: "9841d1623224e0c359297cecc7ae1e71bdad816767ad4d8c92c1ba74db09a2f8"
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 516 (2023) — Provide for the Preserving Fertility Act

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0516_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=13141)
2. **SB0516_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=13138)
3. **SB0516_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=13140)
4. **SB0516_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=13139)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **14–9** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **86–13** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended — **75–25** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **72–26** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **17–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **46–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jen Gross — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-29T16:35:27+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-06-29T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-20T20:58:18+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20T19:45:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-06-20T18:50:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-05T21:39:29+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-05T21:13:53+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-02T18:42:03+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T23:38:03+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-28T19:48:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:08:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-25T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-25T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-04-24T23:48:54+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-24T23:16:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T21:37:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T21:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20T20:18:11+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-20T19:09:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-20T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-20T01:39:32+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-04-17T21:51:49+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-04-17T21:51:38+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-04-17T21:51:29+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-14T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-04-11T15:14:10+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-04-05T20:10:53+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05T19:23:02+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T22:27:50+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-04-04T19:56:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T00:46:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03T16:04:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-31T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-31T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-30T22:44:01+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T22:44:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T17:31:34+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-03-29T17:31:31+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-03-28T21:49:00+00:00** (S) Sponsor List Modified
- **2023-03-28T17:30:51+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-03-28T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-20T20:14:04+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-20T17:48:19+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-03-18T14:16:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-18T13:53:54+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-18T13:42:56+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-03-16T18:49:09+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-03-15T20:05:22+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-15T19:39:24+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-03-15T19:39:19+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-15T19:11:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-03-15T18:12:26+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-03-15T16:04:09+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-15T16:04:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-03-15T15:40:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-03-15T15:24:45+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-03-15T14:43:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-03-14T20:37:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-03-13T22:39:51+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-15T18:22:26+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/3b1bfb4f-debf-4cff-9989-808bf4e025fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).