---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enact a student online personal information protection act"
description: "Enact a student online personal information protection act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 745"
citation: "Montana HB 745 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts (see also: Public Contracts)", "Information Technology (see also: Communications)", "Privacy", "Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrea Olsen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c88d42e0-1a39-438c-addf-0dc231b0c792"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=745&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "f6ac5edb089226a44b9f6cfdc1470a975181317566a2de5b3042470ebe9db93b"
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 745 (2019) — Enact a student online personal information protection act

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0745_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0745_1.pdf)
2. **HB0745_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0745_2.pdf)
3. **HB0745_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0745_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0745.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **16–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **81–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **81–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrea Olsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2019-03-06** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-03-06** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-06** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-19** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-03-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-21** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-21** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-21** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-21** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-22** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Hearing
- **2019-03-28** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-28** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-28** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Hearing
- **2019-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-17** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Returned to House
- **2019-04-17** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-23** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c88d42e0-1a39-438c-addf-0dc231b0c792`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).