--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise definition of \"dependent child\" in highway patrol, police, and firefighter retirement systems" description: "Revise definition of \"dependent child\" in highway patrol, police, and firefighter retirement systems" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 208" citation: "Montana SB 208 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Family Law", "Law Enforcement", "Retirement", "Social Services"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Laura Smith"] version_count: 17 action_count: 40 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-11T21:01:33+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-17T21:05:13+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8083a929-d0a2-4761-8825-7f19b27c55c9" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1064?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "b75419412a7c3e155fecc427d060ec0a592191ce2c495a20d3dc97cfc08c5a4c" 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 208 (2025) — Revise definition of "dependent child" in highway patrol, police, and firefighter retirement systems ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC1064.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271297) 2. **SB0208_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275493) 3. **SB0208_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276539) 4. **SB0208_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277758) 5. **SB0208_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284562) 6. **SB0208_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300054) 7. **SB0208_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302465) 8. **SB0208_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302468) 9. **SB0208_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273954) 10. **SB0208_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316647) 11. **SB0208_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317497) 12. **SB0208_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317498) 13. **SB0208_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317500) 14. **SB0208_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320878) 15. **SB0208_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324355) 16. **SB0208_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326081) 17. **SB0208_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310708) ## Votes - do_pass — **7–4** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **47–2** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **47–3** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **19–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Laura Smith — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-11T21:01:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-01-12T01:14:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-12T14:02:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-13T23:54:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-14T14:56:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-14T17:41:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-15T01:25:01+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-22T21:09:55+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-23T22:16:26+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-01-24T22:15:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-31T17:09:42+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-01-31T17:11:27+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-02-04T16:45:32+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-02-04T16:45:39+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-02-05T00:38:05+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-02-05T14:10:25+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-02-14T18:13:51+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-02-14T22:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-18T20:23:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-19T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-19T22:36:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-19T23:14:56+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-02-20T18:42:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee` - **2025-02-20T20:07:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-05T16:16:16+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration - **2025-03-18T16:01:19+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration - **2025-03-28T16:14:41+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration - **2025-03-28T20:01:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration - **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-31T20:07:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-01T20:06:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-01T20:06:59+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-04T13:38:23+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-07T16:00:02+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-08T16:15:25+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-16T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-17T21:05:13+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/8083a929-d0a2-4761-8825-7f19b27c55c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).