--- type: "Bill" title: "Provide for case determinations of investigations of reported child abuse or neglect" description: "Provide for case determinations of investigations of reported child abuse or neglect" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 402" citation: "Montana SB 402 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Courts", "Family Law", "Minors"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Lenz"] version_count: 14 action_count: 37 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-10-04T20:06:07+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-13T13:37:27+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a52dad3-955a-482b-8191-8f6b572e7570" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0481?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "32ef2cd0c7e0dc5e4e148525326457feec991e8d04a4055f1f671a2b320f0c38" 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 402 (2025) — Provide for case determinations of investigations of reported child abuse or neglect ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC0481.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284901) 2. **SB0402_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286906) 3. **SB0402_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293384) 4. **SB0402_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309205) 5. **SB0402_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309210) 6. **SB0402_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285484) 7. **SB0402_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316909) 8. **SB0402_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320484) 9. **SB0402_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322674) 10. **SB0402_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322675) 11. **SB0402_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322676) 12. **SB0402_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324951) 13. **SB0402_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325842) 14. **SB0402_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310972) ## Votes - Do Pass — **44–5** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **15–5** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **43–7** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **6–5** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **94–6** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **90–9** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Dennis Lenz — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-10-04T20:06:07+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-11-25T18:08:02+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2025-01-10T22:31:12+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2025-02-17T16:59:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-02-17T22:49:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-20T16:33:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-20T18:34:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-20T18:52:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-20T22:55:25+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-21T18:05:15+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-21T18:11:59+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-02-21T20:13:39+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-21T22:54:09+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee` - **2025-02-25T22:20:54+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety - **2025-03-01T04:14:40+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage` - **2025-03-01T18:26:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage` - **2025-03-05T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-05T18:29:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-06T19:18:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-06T20:25:35+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-03-07T17:16:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-29T23:34:44+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary - **2025-04-08T17:31:42+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary - **2025-04-08T21:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-10T22:06:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-11T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:45:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:46:28+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-13T14:03:30+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` - **2025-05-08T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-13T13:37:27+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/3a52dad3-955a-482b-8191-8f6b572e7570`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).