---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise consent laws for elementary or high school students in a school setting"
description: "Revise consent laws for elementary or high school students in a school setting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 173"
citation: "Montana HB 173 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shane A Morigeau"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-11-21"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3f08f70-0a23-4b6c-a87e-aa0b35b7d896"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=173&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "5d43d47b24fd48aa815fc7c0a773ddf54e86adcd0d867bade5f2c1fd728ffa59"
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 (2019) — Revise consent laws for elementary or high school students in a school setting

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0173_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0173_1.pdf)
2. **HB0173_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0173_2.pdf)
3. **HB0173_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0173_3.pdf)
4. **HB0173_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0173_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0173.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **93–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shane A Morigeau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-21** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-13** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2018-12-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-14** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-17** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-09** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-10** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-18** Hearing
- **2019-02-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-14** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-15** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-03** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-03** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-10** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-11** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-12** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3f08f70-0a23-4b6c-a87e-aa0b35b7d896`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).