---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to state hospital"
description: "Generally revise laws related to state hospital"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 403"
citation: "Montana HB 403 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Legislature", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donavon Hawk"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-14T15:44:13+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-05T15:20:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6496c85-71dc-4f96-87c1-01cdc21c2e10"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1372?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "434b8653733e10106c18f6a2b655cd090ad4fcc132492356287e4bd4281bd8d1"
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 403 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to state hospital

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0403_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279698)
2. **HB0403_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286747)
3. **HB0403_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300646)
4. **HB0403_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308298)
5. **HB0403_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308299)
6. **HB0403_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279357)
7. **HB0403_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316830)
8. **HB0403_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320406)
9. **HB0403_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321456)
10. **HB0403_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321457)
11. **HB0403_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321458)
12. **HB0403_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324650)
13. **HB0403_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326163)
14. **HB0403_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327510)
15. **HB0403_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310890)
16. **LC1372.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273480)

## Votes

- do_pass — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **89–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **42–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donavon Hawk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-14T15:44:13+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-21T21:59:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-21T22:23:05+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-22T16:58:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-22T20:24:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-23T00:31:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-24T18:19:59+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-05T21:50:32+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-05T22:18:37+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-06T17:53:26+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T20:23:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07T16:20:31+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2025-02-18T23:29:17+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T20:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21T21:04:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-22T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-22T19:05:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-24T21:51:32+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-25T20:44:19+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04T00:49:23+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T17:58:28+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-03-28T23:29:03+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-03-31T19:21:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-04-09T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T19:52:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T18:15:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T18:15:30+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-11T16:31:36+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-18T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22T13:30:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T15:20:55+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6496c85-71dc-4f96-87c1-01cdc21c2e10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).