---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws relating to protective care"
description: "Generally revise laws relating to protective care"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "Montana SB 73 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Yakawich"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-01T20:43:09+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-04T00:47:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/748693fd-d3a1-4d64-90d7-fd193086ffb8"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0728?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "52502cc0b1a80ca0d1d2d16b30a9bd1e236e156813d6a823e033e72190cfc1a1"
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 73 (2025) — Generally revise laws relating to protective care

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0728.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266239)
2. **SB0073_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269502)
3. **SB0073_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275142)
4. **SB0073_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276211)
5. **SB0073_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277499)
6. **SB0073_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281431)
7. **SB0073_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295821)
8. **SB0073_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295823)
9. **SB0073_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269501)
10. **SB0073_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295829)
11. **SB0073_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310734)
12. **SB0073_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316672)
13. **SB0073_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320257)
14. **SB0073_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324123)
15. **SB0073_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325968)
16. **SB0073_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295830)
17. **SB0073_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296401)
18. **SB0073_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296402)
19. **SB0073_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296403)
20. **SB0073_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296404)
21. **SB0073_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305190)
22. **SB0073_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305191)
23. **SB0073_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305192)
24. **SB0073_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295824)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Yakawich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-01T20:43:09+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-20T20:04:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-20T22:44:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-11-21T23:22:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-26T18:18:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-27T15:09:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-04T16:30:10+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-27T18:29:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-27T19:18:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2024-12-30T18:07:21+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-06T16:27:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-06T17:15:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-06T21:52:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T15:14:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-07T22:02:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-10T19:39:37+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-01-25T00:38:03+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27T20:49:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-29T22:40:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-30T22:08:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-30T22:56:59+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-01-31T18:57:41+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31T20:15:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-01T00:37:56+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2025-02-11T22:36:28+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-02-12T21:28:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-03-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18T20:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T20:30:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T20:31:06+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-21T15:52:06+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-24T16:30:53+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-26T21:30:07+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-27T14:05:58+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03T18:00:42+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04T00:47:23+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/748693fd-d3a1-4d64-90d7-fd193086ffb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).