republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-303.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Implement Medical Ethics and Diversity Act"
description: "Implement Medical Ethics and Diversity Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 303"
citation: "Montana HB 303 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Professions and Occupations Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Regier"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-01T21:33:25+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T17:51:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4319b7f2-4740-4b0d-972d-26fc1dd38d7f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0911"
source_hash: "11792097ae98633fd7029d1380ceba555bd51743e1737162227036ec12c25e30"
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 303 (2023) — Implement Medical Ethics and Diversity Act

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0303.001.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6534)
2. **HB0303.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6533)
3. **HB0303.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6532)
4. **HB0303_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6535)
5. **HB0303_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6536)

## Votes

- (H) Motion Carried — **60–39** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **63–33** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **65–35** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **29–21** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed — **39–61** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T17:51:33+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T22:57:00+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`
- **2023-04-21T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T22:20:14+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19T22:20:13+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T01:39:25+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T22:14:48+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-14T19:27:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:28:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-20T23:51:20+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T20:22:32+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07T23:31:58+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-07T21:31:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T21:23:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06T21:02:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06T15:37:39+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-02T20:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T17:48:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30T15:00:39+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-27T22:13:00+00:00** (H) Motion Carried
- **2023-01-24T20:08:55+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24T18:41:02+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T17:35:02+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-21T15:47:36+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-20T18:26:42+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-18T17:13:05+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-18T14:54:45+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-18T14:54:30+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-17T21:33:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-17T18:47:25+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-17T15:52:52+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-17T15:52:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-16T20:38:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-16T18:14:27+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-12T15:53:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-11T23:39:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-11T20:21:31+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-10T20:15:18+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-09T17:59:24+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-31T00:08:20+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-12T15:25:44+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-28T16:09:03+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-01T21:33:25+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/4319b7f2-4740-4b0d-972d-26fc1dd38d7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).