--- type: "Bill" title: "Providing protections for service dogs and handlers" description: "Providing protections for service dogs and handlers" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 300" citation: "Montana SB 300 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Crimes", "Discrimination", "Safety"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Denley Loge"] version_count: 16 action_count: 37 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-12-17T17:30:49+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-13T13:24:26+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d8df3d3-253a-4bb7-b23d-a8ebad0f612b" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3366?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "1318619bba3ba16b96735a9a21e0039624bea942c6bca13fabc504c7220c25e9" 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 300 (2025) — Providing protections for service dogs and handlers ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC3366.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279552) 2. **SB0300_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282593) 3. **SB0300_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292955) 4. **SB0300_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298537) 5. **SB0300_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307906) 6. **SB0300_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307907) 7. **SB0300_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280869) 8. **SB0300_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316841) 9. **SB0300_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320417) 10. **SB0300_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322653) 11. **SB0300_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322654) 12. **SB0300_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322655) 13. **SB0300_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324944) 14. **SB0300_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326847) 15. **SB0300_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327799) 16. **SB0300_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310902) ## Votes - Do Pass — **47–2** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **97–1** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **21–0** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **10–1** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Denley Loge — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-12-17T17:30:49+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-01-15T21:02:36+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2025-01-16T19:05:33+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2025-02-03T18:10:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-02-04T21:26:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-06T15:22:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-06T22:50:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-07T21:20:26+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-10T15:54:49+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-11T18:56:30+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-11T19:46:10+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-02-12T20:20:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-13T19:58:56+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee` - **2025-02-22T00:29:44+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety - **2025-03-01T03:45:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage` - **2025-03-01T18:21:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage` - **2025-03-04T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-04T20:31:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-05T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-05T15:48:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-05T22:12:52+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-03-05T22:16:11+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee` - **2025-03-06T15:07:42+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-19T19:14:25+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services - **2025-03-25T23:59:41+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services - **2025-03-26T19:24:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services - **2025-04-08T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-08T21:08:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-09T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-09T20:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-09T20:23:49+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-11T17:49:09+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-21T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-29T22:15:14+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-30T16:55:55+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-09T02:39:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-13T13:24:26+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/2d8df3d3-253a-4bb7-b23d-a8ebad0f612b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).