SB 412 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Provide for fee waivers of government documents to former foster children

Senate Bill 412 provides fee waivers for certain government documents for individuals who were formerly in foster care and are under 21 years of age. This includes fees for certified birth certificates, driver's licenses, state identification cards, and replacement licenses. Fees for university academic transcripts are also waived, with the Department of Public Health and Human Services authorized to seek federal funds to reimburse the institutions. Individuals can provide an oral attestation to prove eligibility for these waivers.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Signed May 8, 2025
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What changed between versions

SB0412_1(14).pdf SB0412_X.pdf · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted to remove page headers and footers, while the substantive legal language regarding fee waivers for former foster children and the amendment of county clerk fees remained identical to the original version.
TECHNICAL

Removed page headers, footers, and line numbers that were present in the draft version but absent in the final enrolled bill.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 18, 2025 · House Apr 11, 2025

How they voted

490
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Mar 18, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
31 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 11, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (99-0-1)
house
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Human Services
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Human Services
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-0-1)
senate
Mar 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Laura Smith
Laura Smith
DDemocratic
MT
40