---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws to protect religious expression for students and teachers"
description: "Revise laws to protect religious expression for students and teachers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 744"
citation: "Montana HB 744 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Religion", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Kmetz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-11T20:58:25+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-27T15:56:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f57e408-81d6-4ab6-ac17-186f799b28b4"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3841"
source_hash: "1a736e1e961999916aa5c317638c2b5e56c9d9405536e20a688c9f4abf772d56"
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 744 (2023) — Revise laws to protect religious expression for students and teachers

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0744_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10666)
2. **HB0744_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10667)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **71–28** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **69–29** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **9–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Kmetz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27T15:56:40+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T14:37:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-20T20:40:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17T17:21:01+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17T17:21:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-11T20:12:05+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-11T15:01:31+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-07T20:50:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:09:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-03T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T19:52:16+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:33+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T21:35:38+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T17:13:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T15:54:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T21:07:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T03:54:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T22:00:10+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-25T04:05:03+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-02-22T20:10:12+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-22T19:36:13+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T04:53:13+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-22T01:51:01+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-21T18:44:46+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-19T22:54:15+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-19T20:23:10+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-19T20:23:00+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-19T20:15:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-19T19:34:53+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-19T15:23:26+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-19T15:23:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-18T23:40:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-18T23:33:37+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-17T01:03:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-15T05:20:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-15T05:01:08+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-11T20:58:25+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f57e408-81d6-4ab6-ac17-186f799b28b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).