---
type: "Bill"
title: "Infant safety and care act"
description: "Infant safety and care act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 625"
citation: "Montana HB 625 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerri Seekins-Crowe"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-07T20:15:27+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:01:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aabbc2cd-e18c-4d20-be70-81310cdbb876"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4602"
source_hash: "550ce29018e8b3402803bf48c194307e1082c335c43d5ce83778f06b8cd64c08"
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 625 (2023) — Infant safety and care act

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0625.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9458)
2. **HB0625.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9457)
3. **HB0625001SCH19677.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9459)
4. **HB0625_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9462)
5. **HB0625_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9460)
6. **HB0625_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9461)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **68–32** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **67–30** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **68–32** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **30–18** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **66–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kerri Seekins-Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:01:46+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T21:12:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26T15:10:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25T21:50:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-25T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-24T20:41:32+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-24T20:41:31+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T15:23:54+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T19:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:41:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T15:25:36+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-12T19:55:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T19:39:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T20:06:39+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-05T19:46:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-27T15:31:30+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-27T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T23:05:51+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:14+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T21:34:53+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T16:58:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T16:58:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T23:59:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T14:00:54+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T21:11:44+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-21T00:22:03+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-02-20T17:48:43+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T15:37:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T15:34:21+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-15T22:55:56+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-13T18:19:10+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-13T16:08:15+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-13T16:08:11+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-13T12:41:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-13T00:26:02+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-12T23:35:30+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-12T23:35:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-12T22:18:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-12T22:01:13+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-12T21:16:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-12T18:45:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-12T02:48:49+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-10T23:40:39+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-07T20:15:27+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/aabbc2cd-e18c-4d20-be70-81310cdbb876`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).