---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to grandparents' rights"
description: "Revise laws related to grandparents' rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 347"
citation: "Montana HB 347 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law (see also: Minors)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Greef"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3cce927-ed01-490c-bc9d-17ba9e0b2323"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=347&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "0a04af26ae1bb3f4e57dc6ae9a3ccbb45c48846259dee04419484186364e666d"
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 347 (2019) — Revise laws related to grandparents' rights

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0347_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0347_1.pdf)
2. **HB0347_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0347_2.pdf)
3. **HB0347_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0347_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0347.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **93–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharon Greef — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-19** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-23** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-23** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-01-23** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-25** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-28** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-29** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-29** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-29** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-31** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-06** Hearing
- **2019-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-08** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-12** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-13** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-25** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Returned to House
- **2019-04-03** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-12** Signed by President
- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3cce927-ed01-490c-bc9d-17ba9e0b2323`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).