---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create an emergency protective services hearing in CPS removals"
description: "Create an emergency protective services hearing in CPS removals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 90"
citation: "Montana HB 90 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Minors (see also: Family Law)", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis R Lenz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-09-01"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93794868-bc3e-4e3c-965f-e4d4faa09562"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=90&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "3c5e9d0a8e329f6bf5575d6f7983c5e6a2395523ff31432702c1c9d6558ee5e6"
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 90 (2021) — Create an emergency protective services hearing in CPS removals

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0090_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0090_1.pdf)
2. **HB0090_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0090_2.pdf)
3. **HB0090_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0090_3.pdf)
4. **HB0090_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0090_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0090.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis R Lenz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-01** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-20** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-02** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-23** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-27** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-29** Executive Director Review
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-17** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-29** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Human Services `reading-1`
- **2021-01-13** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-13** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-14** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-18** Hearing Canceled - (H) Human Services
- **2021-01-28** Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2021-02-17** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-26** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-03-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2021-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-07** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-13** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-14** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-23** Signed by President
- **2021-04-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93794868-bc3e-4e3c-965f-e4d4faa09562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).