Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB723: Establish annual reporting requirements of infants born alive
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act establishing annual reporting requirements by medical facilities of infants born alive; providing requirements for reports; requiring the department of public health and human services to publish an annual report; and providing rulemaking authority.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT ESTABLISHING ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BY MEDICAL FACILITIES OF INFANTS BORN ALIVE; PROVIDING REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTS; REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO PUBLISH AN ANNUAL REPORT; AND PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. Section 1. Reporting requirement -- civil penalties -- aggregate report by department -- rulemaking authority. (1) A medical facility in which an infant is born alive subsequent to an abortion or attempted abortion performed on the mother of the infant shall submit by February 28 of each year an annual report to the department on the number of infants born alive in during the previous calendar year in a form and manner prescribed by the department. (2) The report must include: (a) the approximate gestational age of infants who are born alive, expressed in one of the following (ii) 9 to 10 weeks; (iii) 11 to 12 weeks; (iv) 13 to 15 weeks; (v) 16 to 20 weeks; (vi) 21 to 24 weeks; (vii) 25 to 30 weeks; (viii) 31 to 36 weeks; or (ix) 37 weeks to term; - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB 723 ENROLLED BILL - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 HB 723 (b) medical actions taken to preserve the life of infants born alive; (c) the outcome for infants born alive, including survival, death, and location of death, if known; …
Sponsors
- Deming, Lee (R, 54) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading Senate Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments
Votes
- Do Concur (April 18, 2025): 58 yea, 41 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 60 yea, 39 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 12, 2025): 31 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 28 yea, 21 nay, passed
- Rerefer to Judiciary-Usher (March 25, 2025): 27 yea, 23 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 57 yea, 42 nay, passed
Subjects: Abortion, Minors, Rule Making, Health Care Services
Common questions
- What is HB723?
- HB723 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Establish annual reporting requirements of infants born alive.
- What does HB723 do?
- In its own words: An act establishing annual reporting requirements by medical facilities of infants born alive; providing requirements for reports; requiring the department of public health and human services to publish an annual report; and providing rulemaking authority.
- What is the status of HB723?
- Signed into law as of May 13, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB723?
- Deming, Lee (R, 54).
- Where is the official record for HB723?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1725
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