republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-800.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide limited criminal history of criminally charged mental health patient"
description: "Provide limited criminal history of criminally charged mental health patient"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 800"
citation: "Montana HB 800 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Documents", "Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Mental Illness or Incapacity (see also: Institutions)", "Safety (see also: Health)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Yakawich"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-02T12:47:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:05:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be7b67aa-bbf0-45f2-bd5d-802a8b9c5116"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4583"
source_hash: "a40aa033326fdb711ee2e4ddc4f93c2a16147d629380c70a4894a3ce1be9ba99"
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 800 (2023) — Provide limited criminal history of criminally charged mental health patient

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0800.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11173)
2. **HB0800.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11174)
3. **HB0800001SCH20714.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11172)
4. **HB0800_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11177)
5. **HB0800_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11175)
6. **HB0800_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11176)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **43–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Yakawich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:05:37+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T16:23:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-21T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T22:52:41+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T22:28:00+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T01:37:59+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T22:11:10+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-15T02:00:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-15T01:08:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T14:01:10+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:14:05+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T21:36:03+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T17:20:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T00:03:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T17:26:02+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-01T15:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T22:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T16:42:31+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-28T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-24T19:33:54+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-24T19:01:45+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T21:27:56+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-23T21:23:54+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-23T19:20:55+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-22T21:45:25+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-22T19:20:20+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-22T19:20:09+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-22T17:53:55+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-22T14:59:32+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-21T22:58:32+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-21T22:58:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-21T19:43:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-17T18:49:39+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-15T23:02:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-15T22:57:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-15T20:01:50+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-02T12:47:57+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/be7b67aa-bbf0-45f2-bd5d-802a8b9c5116`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).