---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing court to consider dangerousness/lethality assessment"
description: "Allowing court to consider dangerousness/lethality assessment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 661"
citation: "Montana HB 661 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Crimes", "Family Law (see also: Minors)", "Safety (see also: Health)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerri Seekins-Crowe"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-01T16:44:29+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-27T16:02:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44a6d6da-f2f8-4e13-9f68-30d1f186ac92"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1947"
source_hash: "27d32f1d89d218d102f12b9cc12d417e6efb6dbee4616187a7e9cffac179409c"
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 661 (2023) — Allowing court to consider dangerousness/lethality assessment

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0661.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9708)
2. **HB0661.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9707)
3. **HB0661.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9709)
4. **HB0661001SCH20717.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11146)
5. **HB0661002SCH17720.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11147)
6. **HB0661_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9711)
7. **HB0661_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9710)
8. **HB0661_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9712)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kerri Seekins-Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27T16:02:23+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T14:51:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T17:01:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-19T14:51:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-13T22:59:16+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-13T22:59:15+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-06T22:51:20+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-06T21:16:48+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-05T20:09:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:12:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T19:41:01+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-29T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T22:37:43+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:14:27+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:20:46+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:31:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T22:28:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T23:46:41+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-27T23:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-25T22:15:08+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-24T14:00:01+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T23:00:51+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20T18:09:45+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-18T23:38:32+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-18T01:21:19+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-17T21:41:37+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-16T22:04:13+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-16T21:18:45+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-16T21:18:41+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-16T20:56:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-16T20:40:09+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-16T20:28:06+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T20:28:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-16T19:15:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-16T19:13:42+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-13T23:14:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-13T21:12:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-13T20:57:19+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2023-01-25T20:46:04+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2023-01-23T20:55:12+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-23T20:52:50+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-01T16:44:29+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/44a6d6da-f2f8-4e13-9f68-30d1f186ac92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).