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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Enact the \"Free to Speak Act\""
+description: "Enact the \"Free to Speak Act\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 400"
+citation: "Montana HB 400 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Communications", "Discrimination", "Education - K-12"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Braxton Mitchell"]
+version_count: 37
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-11-16T22:01:29+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-05T15:17:34+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f03b2c3-901f-4e8d-ad8a-06b38b1bf2cd"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1522?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "633ccb9864f6a1239b2150c4552694ef4830614858f9d118da36f71e3a7f0ccd"
+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 400 (2025) — Enact the "Free to Speak Act"
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0400.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283006)
+2. **HB0400_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279639)
+3. **HB0400_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283292)
+4. **HB0400_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283293)
+5. **HB0400_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283294)
+6. **HB0400_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283295)
+7. **HB0400_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279343)
+8. **HB0400_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283297)
+9. **HB0400_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309836)
+10. **HB0400_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309837)
+11. **HB0400_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283298)
+12. **HB0400_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283299)
+13. **HB0400_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283327)
+14. **HB0400_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283328)
+15. **HB0400_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283330)
+16. **HB0400_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283331)
+17. **HB0400_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285765)
+18. **HB0400_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303869)
+19. **HB0400_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283296)
+20. **HB0400_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309845)
+21. **HB0400_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320547)
+22. **HB0400_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321450)
+23. **HB0400_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321451)
+24. **HB0400_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321452)
+25. **HB0400_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324648)
+26. **HB0400_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326250)
+27. **HB0400_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327546)
+28. **HB0400_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309846)
+29. **HB0400_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310228)
+30. **HB0400_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310230)
+31. **HB0400_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310231)
+32. **HB0400_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310321)
+33. **HB0400_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310322)
+34. **HB0400_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311082)
+35. **HB0400_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316976)
+36. **HB0400_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309838)
+37. **LC1522.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277690)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do_pass_as_amended — **12–8** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **58–42** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **28–20** (pass) · upper
+- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **56–42** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **28–22** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Braxton Mitchell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-16T22:01:29+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-01-31T16:41:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-01-31T17:11:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-01-31T17:33:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-01-31T17:50:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-01-31T18:05:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-02-04T13:10:41+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-02-04T19:53:11+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-02-05T22:05:32+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-02-06T17:55:39+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-06T20:22:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-11T16:22:32+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
+- **2025-02-17T18:33:55+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`
+- **2025-02-20T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-20T21:06:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-21T22:10:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-21T22:30:33+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-02-24T20:27:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-03T18:11:35+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28T19:31:44+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-04-03T17:57:51+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-04-03T20:26:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10T15:57:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T21:29:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T21:30:13+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-15T06:41:33+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-23T22:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-25T13:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-25T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-05T15:17:34+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/7f03b2c3-901f-4e8d-ad8a-06b38b1bf2cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+