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type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for fee waivers of government documents to former foster children"
description: "Provide for fee waivers of government documents to former foster children"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 412"
citation: "Montana SB 412 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Health", "Minors", "Motor Vehicles", "Revenue", "State", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Smith"]
version_count: 25
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-11T20:57:01+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T21:24:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7eea3ac-6a9e-449f-bf51-a06859d3f24d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1058?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "bbabdada569b0d0ae98f439999879ac18abd5be5d5b35350b36a72ccf62709c6"
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 412 (2025) — Provide for fee waivers of government documents to former foster children
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **LC1058.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282507)
2. **SB0412_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286951)
3. **SB0412_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291237)
4. **SB0412_1(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295048)
5. **SB0412_1(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305979)
6. **SB0412_1(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309218)
7. **SB0412_1(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309222)
8. **SB0412_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290753)
9. **SB0412_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290817)
10. **SB0412_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290818)
11. **SB0412_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290819)
12. **SB0412_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290826)
13. **SB0412_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290827)
14. **SB0412_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290829)
15. **SB0412_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290831)
16. **SB0412_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285614)
17. **SB0412_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316911)
18. **SB0412_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320486)
19. **SB0412_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321898)
20. **SB0412_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321899)
21. **SB0412_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321900)
22. **SB0412_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324766)
23. **SB0412_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326070)
24. **SB0412_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327464)
25. **SB0412_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310974)
## Votes
- do_pass — **80** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **990** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **990** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **210** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **500** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **490** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Laura Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-11-11T20:57:01+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-11T17:15:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-11T22:31:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-14T16:47:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-15T23:16:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-16T14:12:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-17T20:21:37+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-19T23:19:14+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-21T20:42:07+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-24T14:46:45+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-24T20:16:12+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-24T20:36:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T23:51:24+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-02-28T16:46:24+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-28T16:46:30+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-02-28T19:22:30+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-28T22:34:00+00:00** (S) Sponsor List Modified
- **2025-03-01T15:52:18+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-01T18:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17T20:03:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T20:31:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T21:07:27+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-19T16:27:30+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T19:23:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-29T16:09:06+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2025-04-07T21:46:16+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-04-08T20:08:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-04-11T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T20:19:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:03:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:04:09+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-14T14:35:34+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:17+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T20:40:10+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:18:10+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T19:03:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T21:24:06+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/c7eea3ac-6a9e-449f-bf51-a06859d3f24d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).