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Committee considers bill to add expungement and statutory due process to Montana's child-protection registry
Summary
Senate Bill 468 would codify Montana's centralized child-protection registry, add an expungement process and mandated notices, and align state practice with federal CAPTA guidance; proponents called the reform long overdue while DPHHS urged tweaks to timing for expungement review.
Lawmakers opened a hearing on Senate Bill 468, which would move the state's centralized child-protection registry from administrative rule into statute and add an expungement process and required notice to affected parents. Sponsor testimony stressed that the registry currently operates largely in rule and that placing some elements into law would provide needed transparency.
Kyla Hailstone, appearing…
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