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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establish an interim committee to investigate civil rights violations and censorship within the MUS"
+description: "Establish an interim committee to investigate civil rights violations and censorship within the MUS"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 284"
+citation: "Montana HB 284 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations", "Education - Post-Secondary", "Interim Study Bills", "Legislature"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caleb Hinkle"]
+version_count: 53
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2024-11-19T15:00:35+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-16T19:50:01+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1170af95-d3b5-4bb9-9fe1-8408d3b9a1c2"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1643?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "c0ac09f03eb513b3d4f89e96c2497acc727a3d5bab1c5a9ec4aa79c1e89b5b2e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
+---
+
+# Montana HB 284 (2025) — Establish an interim committee to investigate civil rights violations and censorship within the MUS
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0284.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283004)
+2. **HB0284.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283005)
+3. **HB0284.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283008)
+4. **HB0284.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283349)
+5. **HB0284.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283007)
+6. **HB0284.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309041)
+7. **HB0284.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309042)
+8. **HB0284_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274005)
+9. **HB0284_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275512)
+10. **HB0284_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276557)
+11. **HB0284_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283252)
+12. **HB0284_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283253)
+13. **HB0284_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283254)
+14. **HB0284_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283256)
+15. **HB0284_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273652)
+16. **HB0284_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283259)
+17. **HB0284_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309302)
+18. **HB0284_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309303)
+19. **HB0284_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309304)
+20. **HB0284_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309305)
+21. **HB0284_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283266)
+22. **HB0284_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283267)
+23. **HB0284_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283305)
+24. **HB0284_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283308)
+25. **HB0284_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283309)
+26. **HB0284_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283310)
+27. **HB0284_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285761)
+28. **HB0284_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303867)
+29. **HB0284_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283258)
+30. **HB0284_3(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309307)
+31. **HB0284_3(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314293)
+32. **HB0284_3(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309308)
+33. **HB0284_3(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309309)
+34. **HB0284_3(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309321)
+35. **HB0284_3(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309322)
+36. **HB0284_3(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309323)
+37. **HB0284_3(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309324)
+38. **HB0284_3(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309934)
+39. **HB0284_3(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314292)
+40. **HB0284_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309306)
+41. **HB0284_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314295)
+42. **HB0284_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325033)
+43. **HB0284_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326288)
+44. **HB0284_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314733)
+45. **HB0284_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314734)
+46. **HB0284_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314735)
+47. **HB0284_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317194)
+48. **HB0284_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320744)
+49. **HB0284_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323160)
+50. **HB0284_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323161)
+51. **HB0284_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323162)
+52. **HB0284_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314294)
+53. **LC1643.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270159)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass As Amended — **30–20** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **29–19** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **71–29** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **59–40** (pass) · lower
+- do_pass_as_amended — **13–7** (pass) · lower
+- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **59–39** (pass) · lower
+- AMD-HB0284.002.001 Manzella D/PASS — **44–6** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **59–41** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caleb Hinkle — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-19T15:00:35+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-01-07T16:41:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-01-07T22:59:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-01-08T18:51:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-01-09T00:51:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-01-10T13:17:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-01-13T14:06:31+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-01-22T20:38:28+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-01-22T21:56:39+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-01-23T18:54:42+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-23T20:08:12+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-12T21:49:51+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
+- **2025-02-17T18:06:40+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-17T20:29:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-20T20:16:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-21T22:06:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-21T22:30:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-02-24T20:25:56+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-03T18:10:36+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14T15:08:43+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-03-17T14:37:30+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-03-28T19:31:46+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-04-03T17:35:53+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-04-03T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-12T17:11:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-12T17:17:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-14T17:53:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-14T19:39:30+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-16T19:33:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-17T21:50:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-18T19:56:58+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-23T05:56:34+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-05-01T19:00:49+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-05-02T16:00:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-05-05T16:05:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-12T17:17:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-16T19:50:01+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1170af95-d3b5-4bb9-9fe1-8408d3b9a1c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+