republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/sb-400.md

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Bill	Restrict governmental entity from interfering with parental rights	Restrict governmental entity from interfering with parental rights	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	SB 400	Montana SB 400 (2021)	bill	Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects) Minors (see also: Family Law) Revenue State State Government	enacted	Theresa Manzella	4	58	8	2020-11-10	2021-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/07eb27d4-d071-4152-8292-487829ef3b05	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=400&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	db48a681446e012529a33d9318c4606c33045fd95884776c32b7ec96ae88cd95	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 400 (2021) — Restrict governmental entity from interfering with parental rights

Version chain

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

1. SB0400_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. SB0400_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. SB0400_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Concur — 58–40 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 30–20 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 28–20 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 31–19 (pass) · upper
• DO PASS — 6–5 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 59–41 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 27–23 (pass) · upper
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 12–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Theresa Manzella — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-11-10 Draft Request Received
• 2021-02-03 Draft On Hold
• 2021-03-11 Draft Taken Off Hold
• 2021-03-18 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2021-03-18 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-03-19 Draft in Edit
• 2021-03-19 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-03-21 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-03-22 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-03-22 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-03-22 Executive Director Review
• 2021-03-23 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-03-23 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-03-23 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-03-23 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-03-24 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2021-03-26 Introduced introduction
• 2021-03-26 Fiscal Note Requested
• 2021-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-03-26 Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-26 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2021-03-30 Amendments Available
• 2021-04-01 Hearing - (S) Judiciary
• 2021-04-01 Fiscal Note Received
• 2021-04-01 Fiscal Note Signed
• 2021-04-01 Fiscal Note Printed
• 2021-04-01 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-04-06 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-04-07 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-07 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-04-08 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-08 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-08 Transmitted to House
• 2021-04-09 Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-04-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-14 Hearing - (H) Judiciary
• 2021-04-20 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Judiciary
• 2021-04-20 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Judiciary
• 2021-04-20 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-04-22 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-22 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
• 2021-04-23 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-23 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2021-04-26 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-26 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-26 Returned to Senate with Amendments
• 2021-04-27 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-27 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2021-04-27 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-27 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-27 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-05-01 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-05-01 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2021-05-04 Signed by President
• 2021-05-04 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-05-04 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-12 Chapter Number Assigned became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07eb27d4-d071-4152-8292-487829ef3b05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).