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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

Senate Bill 413: Criminalize disclosure of certain explicit AI-generated media

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Feb 21
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 28
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 3
✅ House
Passed House
Apr 24
✅ Gov.
Signed
May 12
Sponsor:
Laura Smith DHelena / SD 40
| Requester: Laura Smith
📃 Bill text
Available here
💵 Fiscal note
Available here
🏛 Legal note
None on file
🖍 Proposed amendments
None on file
See also: The official bill page.
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Feb 21
Introduced
Feb 24
First Reading
Feb 24
Referred to Committee
Feb 24
Hearing
👥 Senate Judiciary
Feb 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 Senate Judiciary
✅ 8-0
R5-0
D3-0
Mar 5
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Mar 6
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 12
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Mar 24
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Apr 1
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
✅ 22-0
R14-0
D8-0
Apr 2
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Apr 3
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Apr 3
Transmitted to House
Apr 4
Referred to Committee
Apr 4
First Reading
Apr 7
Hearing
👥 House Judiciary
Apr 11
Hearing
👥 House Judiciary
Apr 16
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Judiciary
✅ 20-0
R12-0
D8-0
Apr 22
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
✅ 99-1
R57-1
D42-0
Apr 22
2nd Reading Concurred as Amended
✅ 100-0
R58-0
D42-0
Apr 24
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 99-0
R57-0
D42-0
Apr 24
Returned to Senate with Amendments
May 5
Transmitted to Governor
May 12
Signed by Governor
Showing major bill actions only.
This table may omit bill actions recorded since this guide's last update. See the bill page at legmt.gov for an official reference.

About the 2025 Montana Free Press Capitol Tracker

This guide is an effort to make the quantifiable aspects of the Montana Legislature more accessible to the public by compiling information about lawmakers, proposed bills and the legislative process. This is a project of Montana Free Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit newsroom that aims to provide Montanans with in-depth, nonpartisan news coverage.

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