republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-302.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance coverage for 12-month supply of birth control"
description: "Insurance coverage for 12-month supply of birth control"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 302"
citation: "Montana HB 302 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alice Buckley"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 54
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-10-03T19:21:49+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:08:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af0c0130-47c2-4507-913d-0f01cb73cb2f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0606"
source_hash: "d68129a0f4283e4d378c3a4b9bbc849dbbf596e386f0900cee3cbcc240b7d8c6"
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 302 (2023) — Insurance coverage for 12-month supply of birth control

## Version chain

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

1. **DRAFT HB0302.001.002.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6524)
2. **HB0302.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6517)
3. **HB0302.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6521)
4. **HB0302.002.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6523)
5. **HB0302.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6518)
6. **HB0302.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6516)
7. **HB0302.003.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6522)
8. **HB0302.003.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6519)
9. **HB0302.003.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6520)
10. **HB0302_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6529)
11. **HB0302_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6526)
12. **HB0302_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6525)
13. **HB0302_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6527)
14. **HB0302_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6528)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **70–28** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **74–25** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended — **75–25** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **79–21** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **38–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alice Buckley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:08:22+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:30:47+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-29T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-24T20:13:19+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-24T17:08:00+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-20T20:12:27+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T19:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T19:41:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T21:25:59+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-03-29T20:10:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:17:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24T21:41:30+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-24T21:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-24T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T18:42:28+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T20:24:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08T23:10:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-08T22:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T22:08:12+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-06T20:56:01+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06T20:56:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T17:34:21+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-01T20:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T00:35:24+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31T20:19:50+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-27T22:00:20+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-24T22:14:00+00:00** (H) Sponsor List Modified
- **2023-01-24T20:08:54+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24T18:40:45+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T17:34:22+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-21T15:39:41+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-18T19:09:17+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-17T19:59:24+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-17T16:42:22+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-17T16:42:17+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-16T22:53:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-16T20:37:03+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-16T19:46:52+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-16T19:46:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-16T03:07:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-15T01:51:09+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-12T23:42:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-12T22:26:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-12T18:41:25+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-11T21:17:09+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-09T19:41:20+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-03T19:21:49+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/af0c0130-47c2-4507-913d-0f01cb73cb2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).