---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide deadline for treatment plans and permanency hearings"
description: "Provide deadline for treatment plans and permanency hearings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 173"
citation: "Montana HB 173 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law (see also: Minors)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Dudik"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-11-15"
last_action: "2017-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e05f3f9-32c7-417d-a2cb-fc0a1e8f78ac"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0893&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "e2e705317c31771e9293ae99e160a481e2622068979aa96313fd846676362af8"
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 173 (2017) — Provide deadline for treatment plans and permanency hearings

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/HB0173.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Dudik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-15** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-28** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-29** Draft in Edit
- **2016-12-29** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-12-29** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-12-29** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-29** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-29** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-29** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-30** Executive Director Final Review
- **2016-12-30** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-04** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-05** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-05** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-12** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-16** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-23** Hearing
- **2017-02-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-08** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-09** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-09** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-03-08** Hearing
- **2017-03-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-13** Returned to House
- **2017-03-14** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-20** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Signed by President
- **2017-03-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-31** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-31** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e05f3f9-32c7-417d-a2cb-fc0a1e8f78ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).