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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establish confidentiality for child and family ombudsman"
+description: "Establish confidentiality for child and family ombudsman"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 251"
+citation: "Montana SB 251 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Family Law", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Lenz"]
+version_count: 16
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-10-21T13:47:15+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-04-17T20:39:40+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c35c28d-a445-4ab1-8963-f8913ad91279"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0573?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "3b6e1b4f096e62f3ece54b9d3cb6835626f17b9c92ad0d011b11350bb628079d"
+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 SB 251 (2025) — Establish confidentiality for child and family ombudsman
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **LC0573.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275665)
+2. **SB0251_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279291)
+3. **SB0251_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288857)
+4. **SB0251_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295128)
+5. **SB0251_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299320)
+6. **SB0251_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277604)
+7. **SB0251_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299319)
+8. **SB0251_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316549)
+9. **SB0251_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317459)
+10. **SB0251_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317460)
+11. **SB0251_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317461)
+12. **SB0251_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320866)
+13. **SB0251_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324344)
+14. **SB0251_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325879)
+15. **SB0251_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327373)
+16. **SB0251_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310588)
+
+## Votes
+
+- be_concurred_in — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dennis Lenz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-10-21T13:47:15+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2024-10-25T21:47:42+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
+- **2025-01-24T17:48:38+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2025-01-27T17:34:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-01-27T18:07:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-01-27T22:07:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-01-28T18:14:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-01-29T14:32:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-01-29T20:35:05+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-01-30T23:45:01+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-01-31T15:13:20+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2025-01-31T20:27:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-05T17:26:03+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-13T23:57:32+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
+- **2025-02-21T22:59:13+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-24T20:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-25T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-25T21:10:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-26T22:15:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-26T23:13:42+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2025-02-27T17:18:21+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-27T20:04:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-05T22:22:58+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
+- **2025-03-18T23:33:54+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
+- **2025-03-19T19:35:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
+- **2025-03-25T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-25T20:58:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-26T19:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-26T19:47:27+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-03-28T11:59:12+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-01T17:00:37+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-07T21:45:38+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-08T14:46:28+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-16T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-17T20:39:40+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/8c35c28d-a445-4ab1-8963-f8913ad91279`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+