---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish annual reporting requirements of infants born alive"
description: "Establish annual reporting requirements of infants born alive"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 723"
citation: "Montana HB 723 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "Health Care Services", "Minors", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lee Deming"]
version_count: 30
action_count: 48
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-11-20T15:41:28+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T18:37:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d751cafd-8b89-43dc-baeb-a794b0b325eb"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1725?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "9790003f0b5b9a31d5097120d524a3e6756ecd0c42ed95de645bb99be6c53c8b"
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 723 (2025) — Establish annual reporting requirements of infants born alive

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0723.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307167)
2. **HB0723_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287475)
3. **HB0723_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293918)
4. **HB0723_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294062)
5. **HB0723_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304913)
6. **HB0723_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307195)
7. **HB0723_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307587)
8. **HB0723_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307588)
9. **HB0723_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307589)
10. **HB0723_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307590)
11. **HB0723_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287110)
12. **HB0723_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307721)
13. **HB0723_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309372)
14. **HB0723_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309849)
15. **HB0723_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313568)
16. **HB0723_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313570)
17. **HB0723_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307685)
18. **HB0723_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313572)
19. **HB0723_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324893)
20. **HB0723_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326278)
21. **HB0723_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313573)
22. **HB0723_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313767)
23. **HB0723_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313768)
24. **HB0723_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317154)
25. **HB0723_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320717)
26. **HB0723_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322493)
27. **HB0723_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322494)
28. **HB0723_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322495)
29. **HB0723_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313571)
30. **LC1725.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286125)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **58–41** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **57–42** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **57–42** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Rerefer to Judiciary-Usher — **27–23** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **61–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lee Deming — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-20T15:41:28+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-20T16:35:37+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-11-20T16:36:18+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-11-20T16:36:30+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-10T18:20:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-10T18:20:33+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-19T04:50:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-19T15:36:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-22T19:00:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-22T22:28:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-23T00:23:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-23T19:08:31+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-24T22:17:09+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-25T14:35:22+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-25T14:51:31+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-25T18:10:26+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T20:06:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T20:35:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-28T21:48:45+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-02-28T22:36:05+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-01T15:33:02+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-03T19:05:53+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T01:36:48+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T18:13:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T16:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:24:29+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18T22:38:18+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25T20:10:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T04:25:52+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-09T19:02:29+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-09T22:32:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T18:11:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T21:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T23:02:38+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T21:02:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T17:27:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T19:13:43+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-20T19:31:49+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T15:00:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01T20:30:56+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:48:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-08T17:11:09+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T18:37:09+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/d751cafd-8b89-43dc-baeb-a794b0b325eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).