republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/sb-248.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide that legislator access to CPS records includes drug testing results"
description: "Provide that legislator access to CPS records includes drug testing results"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 248"
citation: "Montana SB 248 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law", "Minors", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Lenz"]
version_count: 25
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-10-04T19:54:14+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:47:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10342f95-0e01-4f59-93b3-9468440e4cae"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0471?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "989641fb8d9da87d13196f6fd79c328a1b3f78574b193983a0fc6c1c3617caa5"
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 248 (2025) — Provide that legislator access to CPS records includes drug testing results

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0471.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277152)
2. **SB0248_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279285)
3. **SB0248_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285754)
4. **SB0248_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295126)
5. **SB0248_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299706)
6. **SB0248_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300615)
7. **SB0248_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277597)
8. **SB0248_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300614)
9. **SB0248_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300617)
10. **SB0248_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317470)
11. **SB0248_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317471)
12. **SB0248_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317472)
13. **SB0248_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320870)
14. **SB0248_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324348)
15. **SB0248_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325835)
16. **SB0248_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327350)
17. **SB0248_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300618)
18. **SB0248_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300967)
19. **SB0248_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300968)
20. **SB0248_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300969)
21. **SB0248_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301362)
22. **SB0248_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301363)
23. **SB0248_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310641)
24. **SB0248_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316594)
25. **SB0248_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300616)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **61–38** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **62–38** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dennis Lenz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-04T19:54:14+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-10-09T17:01:26+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-26T22:16:18+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-01-29T19:10:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-29T20:09:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-29T22:08:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-30T03:02:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-30T12:56:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-30T15:21:26+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-30T23:46:44+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-31T15:10:25+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-31T20:26:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05T17:25:19+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T20:42:44+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-02-14T23:33:48+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-15T15:21:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-20T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20T20:28:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-21T21:33:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21T22:29:59+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-22T15:13:35+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-22T16:10:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05T22:22:56+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2025-03-18T23:28:46+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-03-19T19:34:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27T20:29:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T19:29:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T19:29:49+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-30T14:15:58+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-02T18:00:52+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-08T15:45:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-17T20:47:13+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/10342f95-0e01-4f59-93b3-9468440e4cae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).