---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide safe harbor for pregnant women seeking assistance for substance abuse"
description: "Provide safe harbor for pregnant women seeking assistance for substance abuse"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 289"
citation: "Montana SB 289 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Family Law (see also: Minors)", "Indians", "Liability (see also: Remedies; Torts)", "Rule Making", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diane Sands"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 67
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-12-04"
last_action: "2019-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8febe43d-9201-44f7-8687-fd5b2fe8d130"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=289&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "114bd3628373aa9d5acdf7f8ad6a4923ce8955cf061b897016726959d2cadb5d"
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 289 (2019) — Provide safe harbor for pregnant women seeking assistance for substance abuse

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0289_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0289_1.pdf)
2. **SB0289_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0289_2.pdf)
3. **SB0289_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0289_3.pdf)
4. **SB0289_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0289_4.pdf)
5. **SB0289_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0289_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0289.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **80–17** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur As Amended — **77–23** (pass) · lower
- PassCons-Galloway — **33–65** (fail) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Caferro D/CONCUR — **72–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Diane Sands — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-04** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-06** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-13** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-14** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-16** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-19** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-19** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-25** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-25** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-25** Hearing
- **2019-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-08** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-09** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-18** Hearing
- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-04-02** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2019-04-02** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-03** Hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-23** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-03** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8febe43d-9201-44f7-8687-fd5b2fe8d130`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).