republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/sb-31.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Require consideration of less restrictive options in guardianship proceedings	Require consideration of less restrictive options in guardianship proceedings	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	SB 31	Montana SB 31 (2021)	bill	Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors) Senior Citizens (see also: Retirement)	enacted	Mary McNally	3	39	6	2020-08-31	2021-03-01	openstates	ocd-bill/609bdb63-d6db-4609-90ac-a8b6672bed26	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=31&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	30e178716a14cc4cab2d0bdc606f945bddf270eaced16e6f87eaa0feff522781	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 31 (2021) — Require consideration of less restrictive options in guardianship proceedings

Version chain

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

1. SB0031_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. SB0031_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Concur — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• DO PASS — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• BE CONCURRED IN — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mary McNally — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-08-31 Draft Request Received
• 2020-09-23 Draft in Legal Review
• 2020-10-13 Draft in Edit
• 2020-11-02 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2020-11-17 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2020-11-30 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2020-11-30 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2020-12-05 Executive Director Review
• 2020-12-05 Draft in Assembly
• 2020-12-15 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2020-12-24 Introduced introduction
• 2020-12-28 Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-01-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-01-08 Hearing - (S) Judiciary
• 2021-01-15 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-01-18 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-01-21 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-01-21 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-01-22 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-01-22 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-22 Transmitted to House
• 2021-01-26 Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-01-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-04 Hearing - (H) Judiciary
• 2021-02-04 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
• 2021-02-04 Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
• 2021-02-10 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-02-10 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2021-02-11 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-02-11 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-11 Returned to Senate
• 2021-02-12 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-02-16 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-02-16 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2021-02-19 Signed by President
• 2021-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-22 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-03-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-03-01 Chapter Number Assigned became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/609bdb63-d6db-4609-90ac-a8b6672bed26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).