---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise crime of endangering welfare of child"
description: "Revise crime of endangering welfare of child"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 191"
citation: "Montana HB 191 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Criminal Procedure", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curtis Schomer"]
version_count: 29
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-08-27T18:53:37+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T22:55:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a1117e-953c-41e2-9c52-f6c781463995"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0039?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "73bf093f1e1763fb384613808d8028e882c4e87cf10305fc9b015b5b6f6f3cd9"
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 191 (2025) — Revise crime of endangering welfare of child

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0191_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271473)
2. **HB0191_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296358)
3. **HB0191_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271485)
4. **HB0191_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275240)
5. **HB0191_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276299)
6. **HB0191_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280240)
7. **HB0191_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280463)
8. **HB0191_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280464)
9. **HB0191_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294865)
10. **HB0191_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296357)
11. **HB0191_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271331)
12. **HB0191_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296360)
13. **HB0191_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308371)
14. **HB0191_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310852)
15. **HB0191_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316790)
16. **HB0191_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320368)
17. **HB0191_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324213)
18. **HB0191_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325563)
19. **HB0191_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327226)
20. **HB0191_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296361)
21. **HB0191_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296439)
22. **HB0191_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296440)
23. **HB0191_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296441)
24. **HB0191_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296445)
25. **HB0191_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296446)
26. **HB0191_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308369)
27. **HB0191_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308370)
28. **HB0191_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296359)
29. **LC0039.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270135)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curtis Schomer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-08-27T18:53:37+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-28T18:09:37+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-04T21:18:51+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-01-06T14:59:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-06T18:20:14+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-08T17:31:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-09T00:49:32+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-10T13:27:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-13T14:11:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-13T21:34:34+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-14T17:12:43+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-14T18:58:42+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14T20:07:22+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-15T00:25:15+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-01-23T17:54:31+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23T20:20:54+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28T16:05:44+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28T21:11:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-28T21:23:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T22:37:04+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-01-29T22:22:00+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-01-31T22:04:48+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-03T16:16:50+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-03T22:13:57+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-02-04T16:49:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-05T22:22:49+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T20:37:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-07T21:38:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-07T22:01:21+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-10T20:09:50+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20T16:41:35+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T18:03:23+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-14T15:07:31+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-18T16:47:20+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-18T19:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-19T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19T20:55:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T20:58:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T20:58:58+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-21T14:01:51+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T23:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-01T17:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-01T18:35:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T19:58:56+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07T22:55:23+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81a1117e-953c-41e2-9c52-f6c781463995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).