Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB566: Provide for the regulation of secure youth transportation companies
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing for the regulation of secure youth transportation companies; requiring a secure youth transportation company to register annually with the department of public health and human services; requiring the department of public health and human services to publish a list of registered secure youth transport providers; requiring a secure youth transportation company to notify the department of public health and human services when the company plans to transport a child in the state…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF SECURE YOUTH TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES; REQUIRING A SECURE YOUTH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY TO REGISTER ANNUALLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO PUBLISH A LIST OF REGISTERED SECURE YOUTH TRANSPORT PROVIDERS; REQUIRING A SECURE YOUTH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY TO NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WHEN THE COMPANY PLANS TO TRANSPORT A CHILD IN THE STATE; REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO MAINTAIN RECORDS OF TRANSPORTS CONDUCTED BY SECURE YOUTH TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE RECORDS TO A PERSON WHO WAS THE SUBJECT OF A TRANSPORT AND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES; PROHIBITING A SECURE YOUTH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY FROM USING CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS OR VISUALLY IMPAIRING A CHILD; AND PROVIDING DEFINITIONS." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of [sections 1 through 3], the following definitions apply: (1) "Chemical restraint" means the use of a drug or medication to control behavior or restrict the program participant's freedom of movement that is not a standard treatment for the program participant's medical or psychiatric condition. (2) "Physical restraint" …
Sponsors
- Smith, Laura (D, 40) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for Revenue Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (S) Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Fiscal Note Requested
Subjects: Minors, Safety, Transportation, Revenue, State, State Government, Health Care Services
Common questions
- What is SB566?
- SB566 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Provide for the regulation of secure youth transportation companies.
- What does SB566 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing for the regulation of secure youth transportation companies; requiring a secure youth transportation company to register annually with the department of public health and human services; requiring the department of public health and human services to publish a list of registered secure youth transport providers; requiring a secure youth transportation company to notify the department of public health and human services when the company plans to transport a child in the state…
- What is the status of SB566?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB566?
- Smith, Laura (D, 40).
- Where is the official record for SB566?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1093
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