---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to parental financial responsibility in CPS cases"
description: "Revise laws related to parental financial responsibility in CPS cases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 151"
citation: "Montana SB 151 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law (see also: Minors)", "Rule Making", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Lenz"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-10-03T18:21:06+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T21:10:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/762a3375-f664-4c88-ab20-d30fce8919b8"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0546"
source_hash: "fcffd7ab33df102bbff323346e546fa775141ee6481ca252913a27d45fb0f55c"
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 151 (2023) — Revise laws related to parental financial responsibility in CPS cases

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0151.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4659)
2. **SB0151.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4658)
3. **SB0151001SCS15249.slc(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10830)
4. **SB0151001SCS15249.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4650)
5. **SB0151_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4628)
6. **SB0151_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4629)
7. **SB0151_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4630)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **79–18** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **78–22** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **18–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dennis Lenz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T21:10:27+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T18:34:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-25T21:36:26+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-25T21:36:25+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-22T12:46:45+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-21T19:37:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T20:03:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T00:13:07+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2023-04-05T21:31:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T20:44:12+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-21T19:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-20T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-20T19:31:09+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-15T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-11T15:11:16+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-11T14:23:13+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T22:04:03+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-27T21:11:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T21:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T17:26:39+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T00:23:03+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-18T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-18T18:07:28+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-18T16:56:19+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-01-17T23:48:27+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-11T23:48:17+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-11T20:19:34+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11T17:04:52+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11T15:17:51+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-10T22:03:37+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-10T22:03:36+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-09T16:03:19+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-06T17:27:35+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-06T17:27:29+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-06T14:16:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-05T20:47:40+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-05T20:03:17+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-05T20:03:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-05T15:39:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-05T02:06:02+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-04T15:27:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-04T14:28:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-03T18:21:06+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/762a3375-f664-4c88-ab20-d30fce8919b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).