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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Withhold entitlement share for non-compliance with child abuse reporting requirements"
+description: "Withhold entitlement share for non-compliance with child abuse reporting requirements"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 625"
+citation: "Montana HB 625 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Courts", "Criminal Procedure", "Family Law", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"]
+version_count: 38
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-12-14T17:25:17+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-05T17:02:59+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7a0c276-69b7-4b20-afba-d0e2bec382dc"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3442?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "bc813b4a4453f21a970a7b9d159d99ef18e55997e2dd82b0e3ba2ae419334612"
+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 625 (2025) — Withhold entitlement share for non-compliance with child abuse reporting requirements
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0625.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289548)
+2. **HB0625.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289547)
+3. **HB0625_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285597)
+4. **HB0625_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290164)
+5. **HB0625_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290169)
+6. **HB0625_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290170)
+7. **HB0625_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290171)
+8. **HB0625_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290172)
+9. **HB0625_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285359)
+10. **HB0625_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290175)
+11. **HB0625_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290212)
+12. **HB0625_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290213)
+13. **HB0625_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293341)
+14. **HB0625_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304774)
+15. **HB0625_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311786)
+16. **HB0625_2(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311790)
+17. **HB0625_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290177)
+18. **HB0625_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290203)
+19. **HB0625_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290204)
+20. **HB0625_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290205)
+21. **HB0625_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290206)
+22. **HB0625_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290207)
+23. **HB0625_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290208)
+24. **HB0625_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290211)
+25. **HB0625_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290173)
+26. **HB0625_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311794)
+27. **HB0625_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326879)
+28. **HB0625_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327810)
+29. **HB0625_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313146)
+30. **HB0625_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313147)
+31. **HB0625_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317108)
+32. **HB0625_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320673)
+33. **HB0625_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321610)
+34. **HB0625_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321611)
+35. **HB0625_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321612)
+36. **HB0625_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324698)
+37. **HB0625_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311791)
+38. **LC3442.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284128)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **60–39** (pass) · lower
+- do_pass_as_amended — **16–4** (pass) · lower
+- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **63–36** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Mercer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-14T17:25:17+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-02-14T21:45:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-02-15T19:34:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-02-19T15:52:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-02-19T17:10:05+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-02-19T18:12:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-02-19T20:31:13+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-02-19T23:45:18+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-02-21T14:44:43+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-02-21T14:47:33+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2025-02-21T18:35:19+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21T19:54:07+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-24T21:14:15+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
+- **2025-02-26T21:24:58+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2025-02-27T00:20:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2025-02-27T16:20:36+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2025-02-28T19:19:43+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-28T22:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-04T22:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-05T02:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-06T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06T15:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06T19:13:53+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-14T23:49:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21T23:18:49+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-03-27T21:04:28+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-04-04T16:43:20+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-04-04T19:58:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-04-14T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-14T20:06:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15T21:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15T21:21:14+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-18T11:45:45+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-23T23:00:32+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-24T17:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-24T21:45:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-05T17:02:59+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7a0c276-69b7-4b20-afba-d0e2bec382dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+