---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise child to staff child care ratios"
description: "Revise child to staff child care ratios"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 422"
citation: "Montana HB 422 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rules; Revision or Repeal", "Family Law (see also: Minors)", "Minors (see also: Family Law)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry Falk"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-23T16:36:39+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T17:53:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c8de790-1043-4410-a707-943b786b3a82"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4270"
source_hash: "741e6a5348f583bf709e6141ea0011849f223b7f9185183feebe3acf05e795f5"
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 422 (2023) — Revise child to staff child care ratios

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0422.001.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12417)
2. **HB0422.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12416)
3. **HB0422.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12422)
4. **HB0422001SCH19622.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12418)
5. **HB0422_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12419)
6. **HB0422_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12420)
7. **HB0422_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12421)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **70–30** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **69–30** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry Falk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T17:53:28+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T23:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-21T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T22:24:45+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T16:47:49+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T01:36:10+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T22:14:53+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-14T19:28:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:58:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T19:57:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-20T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T20:08:53+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24T21:28:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-24T18:23:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-23T22:12:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T20:46:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15T20:29:25+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-15T20:09:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14T02:03:37+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-10T22:00:49+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-07T20:16:44+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07T18:07:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T19:02:02+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-04T22:00:58+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-02T20:48:31+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-31T18:59:02+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-30T20:18:24+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-30T20:18:20+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-30T18:40:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-30T18:23:01+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-30T00:34:17+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-30T00:34:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-29T21:38:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-29T03:46:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-27T21:16:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-26T20:36:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-20T23:55:54+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-02T15:23:46+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-12-23T16:36:39+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c8de790-1043-4410-a707-943b786b3a82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).