---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create child abuse and neglect review commission"
description: "Create child abuse and neglect review commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 303"
citation: "Montana HB 303 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law (see also: Minors)", "Revenue", "State", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy Kelker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 67
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-11-15"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/756039b6-44e5-4b9e-95a8-ec2bad424c30"
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=LC0894&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "4ff3d7c9cee93435889e1ab1cd0f668dd7e78f23510996877fd7177af1446b00"
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 303 (2017) — Create child abuse and neglect review commission

## 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/HB0303.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **84–16** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **29–17** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **32–17** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **78–22** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **96–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kathy Kelker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-15** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-10** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-10** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-12** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2017-01-13** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-13** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-16** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-23** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-23** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Hearing
- **2017-01-30** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-31** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-01** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-25** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-28** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-28** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-28** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-01** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-03-01** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-07** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-07** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-08** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Hearing
- **2017-03-22** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-04-05** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2017-04-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-05** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-05** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-06** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-08** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-04-10** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-19** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-20** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-24** Signed by President
- **2017-04-24** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/756039b6-44e5-4b9e-95a8-ec2bad424c30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).