Generally revise child care administrative rules
SB 285 updates Montana's administrative rules for child care licensing to align with current state statutes. It changes terminology (e.g., "child care center" becomes "day-care center") and removes references to school-age care from the rules. The bill directs the Department of Public Health and Human Services to revise specific rule sections to match statutory definitions in Montana law. These changes primarily affect child care providers, licensing staff, and the department managing day-care facility regulations.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 7, 2025
Last action May 23, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted to replace the '69th Legislature 2025' header with a standalone '- 2025' line and updated the bill number from 'SB 285.1' to 'SB0285.2'. These changes are purely technical and administrative, likely reflecting a version update or formatting standardization, and do not alter the bill's substantive policy, scope, or legal requirements.
TECHNICAL
The header text was changed from '69th Legislature 2025' to '- 2025' and the bill identifier was updated from 'SB 285.1' to 'SB0285.2'.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2025
How they voted
28–22
Passed
Total votes 50
Mar 5, 2025
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican32
68% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 5, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (28-22)
senate
Mar 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
upper
Mar 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dennis Lenz
RRepublican
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