---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to privacy and facial recognition technology"
description: "Generally revise laws related to privacy and facial recognition technology"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 397"
citation: "Montana SB 397 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Information Technology (see also: Communications)", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)", "Privacy", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Bogner"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 65
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-07-26T17:38:18+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-29T16:34:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7a1844c-9119-460e-bda9-f518b35cf045"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0067"
source_hash: "aed28bb1e13f3a84eb31df6d43dee36d8f92c2b796d29a0dc025b8caaf07f561"
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 SB 397 (2023) — Generally revise laws related to privacy and facial recognition technology

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0397.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8304)
2. **SB0397.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8300)
3. **SB0397.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8297)
4. **SB0397.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8302)
5. **SB0397.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8303)
6. **SB0397.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8298)
7. **SB0397.002.003_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8299)
8. **SB0397.002.003_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8301)
9. **SB0397001SCS18796.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8239)
10. **SB0397_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8214)
11. **SB0397_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8213)
12. **SB0397_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8216)
13. **SB0397_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8215)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **83–16** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **62–36** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **44–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Bogner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-29T16:34:55+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-06-29T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-20T20:56:55+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20T19:45:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-06-20T18:50:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-27T23:25:49+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-27T23:25:48+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-25T13:28:25+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-24T23:15:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T20:31:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T22:12:51+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2023-04-18T20:33:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T21:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T22:04:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-13T20:20:29+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-13T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-05T13:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T21:45:43+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T21:07:30+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:24:31+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-03T04:42:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T16:19:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:14:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T19:07:25+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-27T16:39:47+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T15:30:23+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-20T22:02:26+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T20:34:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T19:29:54+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T19:00:35+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-17T16:12:12+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-17T00:34:33+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-16T23:56:30+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-16T23:56:25+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-16T19:32:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-16T18:41:42+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-16T18:18:08+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T18:18:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-16T17:42:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-16T16:38:24+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-16T00:27:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-14T18:34:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-14T00:13:48+00:00** (C) Draft Back for Redo
- **2023-02-08T18:39:19+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-08T15:11:13+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-08T15:11:08+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-08T12:30:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-07T22:03:20+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-07T21:09:04+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-07T21:09:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-07T19:05:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-07T17:06:30+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-03T21:53:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-03T20:57:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-03T20:32:52+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-23T22:58:47+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-23T16:15:41+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-11-18T22:52:32+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-07-26T17:38:18+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/f7a1844c-9119-460e-bda9-f518b35cf045`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).