Scope: State (Montana)
Branch: Legislative
Severity: Green
Date occurred: April 7, 2025
Montana HB 77 generally revises laws governing child abuse and neglect investigations conducted by the Department of Public Health and Human Services. The bill completed the legislative process and was assigned a chapter number on April 7, 2025.
Constitutional basis: Legislature exercising routine authority to set child protective investigation procedures, a long-established subject of state statutory regulation, through completed enactment.