republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/hb-503.md

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Bill	Revise laws relating to child protective services hearings	Revise laws relating to child protective services hearings	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	HB 503	Montana HB 503 (2021)	bill	Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors) Minors (see also: Family Law)	enacted	Dennis R Lenz	4	57	8	2020-10-01	2021-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/b32de351-e8c2-4f96-ad44-58023adb5d2c	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=503&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	30e58ada7de2a7777b46c9d724d1fab4af16bff0e67fed8714b483480eab5e7f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 503 (2021) — Revise laws relating to child protective services hearings

Version chain

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

1. HB0503_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0503_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0503_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• DO PASS — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dennis R Lenz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-10-01 Draft Request Received
• 2021-02-03 Draft On Hold
• 2021-02-10 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2021-02-10 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2021-02-12 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2021-02-15 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-02-15 Draft in Edit
• 2021-02-17 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-02-17 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-02-17 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-02-17 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-02-17 Executive Director Review
• 2021-02-18 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-02-18 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-02-18 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-02-18 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-02-19 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2021-02-19 Introduced introduction
• 2021-02-19 Fiscal Note Requested
• 2021-02-19 Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-22 Hearing - (H) Judiciary
• 2021-02-22 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2021-02-22 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-02-25 Fiscal Note Received
• 2021-02-25 Fiscal Note Signed
• 2021-02-25 Fiscal Note Printed
• 2021-02-25 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-02-27 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-02-27 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-03-01 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-03-01 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-01 Transmitted to Senate
• 2021-03-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-03-08 Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety referral-committee
• 2021-03-15 Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
• 2021-03-17 Amendments Available
• 2021-03-31 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
• 2021-04-01 Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
• 2021-04-01 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-04-12 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-12 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2021-04-13 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-13 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-13 Returned to House with Amendments
• 2021-04-21 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-21 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-22 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-22 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-04-26 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-04-26 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2021-05-04 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-05-04 Signed by President
• 2021-05-04 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-14 Chapter Number Assigned became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b32de351-e8c2-4f96-ad44-58023adb5d2c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).