---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encouraging the office of public instruction to prevent child sex trafficking"
description: "Encouraging the office of public instruction to prevent child sex trafficking"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "Montana SB 197 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Minors (see also: Family Law)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry Gauthier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 69
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-12-29"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cec8c26-0726-43d1-862d-5c2f4b99ecdd"
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=LC2280&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "6c54f146efca1076c046fef7c370821c76985e6b3a5c1eee267c9ef0e95cd4a0"
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 197 (2017) — Encouraging the office of public instruction to prevent child sex trafficking

## 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/SB0197.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **18–1** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Terry Gauthier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-29** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-19** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-19** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-19** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-19** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-20** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-31** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-02** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-02-08** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-09** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-10** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-17** Hearing
- **2017-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-23** Hearing
- **2017-02-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-24** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** On Motion Rules Suspended
- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to House
- **2017-03-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-24** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-03-31** Hearing
- **2017-04-06** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-06** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-06** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-06** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-10** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-10** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-04-10** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-04-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-11** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-18** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-18** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-19** Signed by President
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cec8c26-0726-43d1-862d-5c2f4b99ecdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).