---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise labor laws relating to violence against healthcare workers"
description: "Revise labor laws relating to violence against healthcare workers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 590"
citation: "Montana HB 590 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment and Labor (same as: Labor and Employment)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-18T14:47:54+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T17:03:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a97218d-0c0f-440b-bc0c-5a19d8620153"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1312"
source_hash: "ad2eff2a01c3f9fef873ad2403f0a77d3a5eaa439d8b90e64174982444c266ef"
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 590 (2023) — Revise labor laws relating to violence against healthcare workers

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0590.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9142)
2. **HB0590.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9140)
3. **HB0590.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9143)
4. **HB0590.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9144)
5. **HB0590.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9145)
6. **HB0590.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9141)
7. **HB0590_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9146)
8. **HB0590_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9149)
9. **HB0590_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9147)
10. **HB0590_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9148)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **26–19** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **91–8** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **92–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **90–10** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **76–23** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **35–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T17:03:34+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:16:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-02T17:05:48+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02T17:05:47+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T22:01:29+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T19:56:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T14:30:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T22:10:54+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-15T01:47:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T20:11:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:34:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-07T19:20:01+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-20T23:48:35+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:11+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T21:34:46+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T16:56:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T21:42:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:29:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T17:53:55+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-27T15:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T14:00:58+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-26T20:08:39+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-17T00:21:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T20:31:50+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T05:14:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T02:08:40+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-15T19:42:32+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-15T00:34:18+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T20:29:58+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-14T20:29:54+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T13:16:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-14T02:04:43+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-13T19:59:00+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-13T19:58:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-13T15:22:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-10T17:11:20+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-08T16:59:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-08T00:06:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-18T14:47:54+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/9a97218d-0c0f-440b-bc0c-5a19d8620153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).