---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify minors' ability to disaffirm contracts for housing is restricted"
description: "Clarify minors' ability to disaffirm contracts for housing is restricted"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "Montana SB 17 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law (see also: Minors)", "Housing", "Minors (see also: Family Law)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jen Gross"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-25"
last_action: "2021-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05008162-ea65-40f5-b83d-3ab73dfb91f6"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=17&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "91a820ade7d71d482238a83e4c4821928f4363c6d6f3744c02417471e59b9057"
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 17 (2021) — Clarify minors' ability to disaffirm contracts for housing is restricted

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0017_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0017_1.pdf)
2. **SB0017_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0017_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0017.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jen Gross — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-25** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-02** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-27** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-27** Executive Director Review
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-23** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-01-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-21** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-22** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-22** Transmitted to House
- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Hearing Canceled - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-02-11** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-02-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-02-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-17** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-18** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Returned to Senate
- **2021-02-19** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-02-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-25** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-02** 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/05008162-ea65-40f5-b83d-3ab73dfb91f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).