---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to reporting of child abuse and neglect"
description: "Revise laws related to reporting of child abuse and neglect"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 461"
citation: "Montana HB 461 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors (see also: Family Law)", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lola Sheldon-Galloway"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-27T19:49:05+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-05T17:56:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d023db0-1e31-4fab-843b-e100dfe8bdcc"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0885"
source_hash: "9f96fe6a5e2c94dfa588857541c906c39fd16b76711c8dd668f0ed5631a3b415"
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 461 (2023) — Revise laws related to reporting of child abuse and neglect

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0461.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10035)
2. **HB0461.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10034)
3. **HB0461.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10032)
4. **HB0461.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10027)
5. **HB0461.001.003_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10030)
6. **HB0461.001.003_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10028)
7. **HB0461001SCH.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10033)
8. **HB0461001SCH17699.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10029)
9. **HB0461001SCH20717.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10031)
10. **HB0461_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10037)
11. **HB0461_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10039)
12. **HB0461_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10038)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **32–17** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **80–17** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **85–14** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **35–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lola Sheldon-Galloway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-05T17:56:15+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T23:06:00+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`
- **2023-04-18T20:17:18+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T20:17:17+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T15:27:01+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T22:18:29+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-13T20:02:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T20:33:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-03T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T14:52:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T16:38:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02T02:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-02T02:09:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T22:06:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23T23:42:48+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-23T22:27:10+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-23T20:27:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T14:08:58+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-22T16:59:11+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-21T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T17:34:03+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-15T22:00:30+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-15T15:06:37+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-10T20:21:05+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10T18:32:30+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T19:58:55+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-09T02:04:52+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-08T19:49:32+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-07T21:30:40+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-06T23:31:16+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-06T23:31:11+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-06T21:02:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-06T20:13:55+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-06T15:52:36+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-06T15:52:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-06T13:58:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-06T00:56:33+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-03T17:11:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-03T04:16:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-30T22:31:09+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-28T20:16:13+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-11-01T18:48:22+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-10-27T19:49:05+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/3d023db0-1e31-4fab-843b-e100dfe8bdcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).