---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws relating to marriage and family therapy"
description: "Revise laws relating to marriage and family therapy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 470"
citation: "Montana HB 470 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law (see also: Minors)", "Professions and Occupations Generally", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lola Sheldon-Galloway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed0c7d92-54b6-429d-87a7-72abf6709e72"
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=LC2428&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "29d4099c6b3ea08b46781d45e8942642cfa7034c74c1e753d57b2edecd722bc9"
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 470 (2017) — Revise laws relating to marriage and family therapy

## 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/HB0470.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **18–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **96–3** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lola Sheldon-Galloway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** Draft Request Received
- **2017-02-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-09** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-02-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-09** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-11** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-22** Hearing
- **2017-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Hearing
- **2017-03-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-17** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-20** Returned to House
- **2017-03-21** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-22** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-22** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-27** Signed by President
- **2017-03-27** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed0c7d92-54b6-429d-87a7-72abf6709e72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).