---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise definitions related to day-care facilities and family day-care homes"
description: "Revise definitions related to day-care facilities and family day-care homes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 556"
citation: "Montana HB 556 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors (see also: Family Law)", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Carlson"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 52
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-11-13T22:43:44+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T17:00:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d791eab3-4955-4087-a2ad-1ae6cf59205d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1116"
source_hash: "f5bf72008867abbba32327e34084e988b597b1689bff426a2e5ecb47605fef4b"
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 556 (2023) — Revise definitions related to day-care facilities and family day-care homes

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0556.001.002.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8883)
2. **HB0556.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8878)
3. **HB0556.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8877)
4. **HB0556.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8881)
5. **HB0556.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8882)
6. **HB0556.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8880)
7. **HB0556.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8879)
8. **HB0556_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8887)
9. **HB0556_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8885)
10. **HB0556_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8884)
11. **HB0556_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8886)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **11–10** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **68–32** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **79–18** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended — **69–31** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **68–31** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **35–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Carlson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T17:00:15+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:02:53+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-28T18:57:52+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28T18:57:51+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T01:38:11+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T00:54:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T20:03:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T21:48:15+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-11T19:35:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T19:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T19:58:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-30T18:51:46+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-20T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T14:17:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:46+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:19:17+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:13:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T01:00:59+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-01T16:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T16:12:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T20:36:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T19:16:36+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-24T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T22:00:56+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T21:52:28+00:00** (H) Sponsor List Modified
- **2023-02-16T20:31:34+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T17:45:31+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T16:53:30+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-15T16:02:02+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-14T14:58:06+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-13T19:20:50+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-11T21:19:51+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-11T21:19:47+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-10T22:46:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-10T19:44:27+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-10T16:16:51+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-10T16:16:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-10T03:05:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-09T04:50:53+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-06T22:16:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-06T21:46:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-05T18:06:47+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-24T02:22:54+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-13T22:43:44+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/d791eab3-4955-4087-a2ad-1ae6cf59205d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).