Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB69: Revise county attorney reporting requirements for child sexual abuse
Status: Signed into law, May 16, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising county attorney reporting requirements related to childhood sexual abuse; providing for an annual reporting requirement; amending sections 413-210, 41-3-211, and 41-3-212, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING COUNTY ATTORNEY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE; PROVIDING FOR AN ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT; AMENDING SECTIONS 413-210, 41-3-211, AND 41-3-212, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 41-3-210, MCA, is amended to read: "41-3-210. County attorney duties -- certification -- retention of records -- reports to attorney general and legislature -- attorney general report. (1) (a) The county attorney shall gather all case notes, correspondence, evaluations, interviews, and other investigative materials pertaining to each report from the department or investigation by law enforcement of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child made within the county when the alleged perpetrator of the sexual abuse or sexual exploitation is 12 years of age or older. After a report is made or an investigation is commenced, the following individuals or entities shall provide to the county attorney all case notes, correspondence, evaluations, interviews, and other investigative materials related to the report or (ii) state and local law enforcement; and (iii) all members of a county or regional interdisciplinary child information and school safety team established under 52-2-211. (b) The duty to provide records to the county attorney under subsection (1)(a) remains throughout the course of an investigation, an abuse and neglect proceeding conducted pursuant to this part, or the prosecution of a case involving the …
Sponsors
- Lammers, Gayle (R, 21) · primary sponsor
- Griffith, Alanah (D, 60)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (S) Signed by Governor
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading House Amendments
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments
Votes
- Do Pass (April 17, 2025): 50 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 16, 2025): 49 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 97 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Concur As Amended (April 10, 2025): 97 yea, 2 nay, passed
- AMD-SB0069.001.001 Mercer DO PASS (April 10, 2025): 86 yea, 13 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 4, 2025): 50 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Law Enforcement, Minors
Common questions
- What is SB69?
- SB69 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise county attorney reporting requirements for child sexual abuse.
- What does SB69 do?
- In its own words: An act revising county attorney reporting requirements related to childhood sexual abuse; providing for an annual reporting requirement; amending sections 413-210, 41-3-211, and 41-3-212, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of SB69?
- Signed into law as of May 16, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 16, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB69?
- Lammers, Gayle (R, 21), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB69?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0238
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