HB 403 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise laws related to state hospital

HB 403 mandates that the Montana State Hospital provide immediate and unlimited access to legislators. Under this bill, legislators can enter the hospital at any time, subject to the facility's routine security and safety procedures. While present, legislators are required to prioritize and respect the health, dignity, privacy, and welfare of the patients.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Feb 5, 2025 Signed May 5, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB0403_1(5).pdf → HB0403_X.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from a draft introduction to an enrolled, enacted version. The substantive policy content, including the requirement for legislators to have unlimited access to the Montana State Hospital and the mandate to respect patient welfare, remains unchanged. The primary differences are the addition of official certification signatures and the removal of the original bill number suffix.

TECHNICAL

The document status changed from a draft bill to an enrolled bill, adding signatures from the Chief Clerk, Speaker of the House, and President of the Senate to certify its passage.

The bill number was cleaned up by removing the draft suffix '1' from the header, while the text content regarding legislative access requirements remained identical.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 10, 2025 · House Feb 22, 2025

How they voted

42–6

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 50

Apr 10, 2025

D Democratic18

18 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican32

24 Yea 6 Nay 2

75% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Signed by President

upper

Apr 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Signed by Speaker

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (42-6-2)

senate

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Report - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety

upper

Feb 22, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (89-9-2)

house

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Report - (H) Human Services

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Human Services

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors