republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-376.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish Patient Bill of Rights"
description: "Establish Patient Bill of Rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 376"
citation: "Montana HB 376 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jane Gillette"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 53
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-18T15:16:17+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:22:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3282d955-ca4e-4f02-92a1-04b168505248"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1340"
source_hash: "6ef8c01dcdb29ff069d519537ebcdda131eb8d8f2907eca4d64d476c78e2918a"
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 376 (2023) — Establish Patient Bill of Rights

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0376.001.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7966)
2. **HB0376.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7967)
3. **HB0376.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7968)
4. **HB0376.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7965)
5. **HB0376_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7972)
6. **HB0376_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7970)
7. **HB0376_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7971)
8. **HB0376_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7969)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **86–14** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **78–18** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **75–24** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **81–19** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **35–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jane Gillette — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:22:49+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:42:08+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`
- **2023-05-02T17:00:15+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02T17:00:14+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T22:00:21+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T19:53:00+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`
- **2023-04-27T14:22:00+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`
- **2023-04-19T02:10:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-18T22:02:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T17:52:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:29:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-06T17:55:11+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-05T21:05:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-31T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-22T20:57:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22T17:06:08+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-13T19:21:40+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T20:31:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-25T00:06:03+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-24T23:15:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T20:51:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-13T20:50:35+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-13T20:10:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13T02:02:42+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-10T15:00:25+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-02T18:44:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T20:09:24+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01T16:44:30+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-01T02:00:54+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-31T18:51:25+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-30T21:04:49+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-30T15:22:24+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-30T15:22:19+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-30T14:27:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-30T13:48:13+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-29T21:39:08+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-29T21:39:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-28T22:11:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-28T21:55:21+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-24T23:00:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-21T00:47:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-09T17:21:35+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-06T22:02:58+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-18T15:16:17+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/3282d955-ca4e-4f02-92a1-04b168505248`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).