---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise digital ID certification laws"
description: "Revise digital ID certification laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 196"
citation: "Montana HB 196 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol", "Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braxton Mitchell"]
version_count: 26
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-19T14:46:44+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T23:00:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0977376c-8653-4770-98d5-6d6d7f2a70b9"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1632?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "0063bb46921093d2d394c90e7def0b1d35e56ec7db1cb63f4001a3b42f2fd14b"
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 196 (2025) — Revise digital ID certification laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0196_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271770)
2. **HB0196_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275245)
3. **HB0196_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276304)
4. **HB0196_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279333)
5. **HB0196_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295108)
6. **HB0196_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298026)
7. **HB0196_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271394)
8. **HB0196_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298025)
9. **HB0196_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298034)
10. **HB0196_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308374)
11. **HB0196_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310853)
12. **HB0196_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316791)
13. **HB0196_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320369)
14. **HB0196_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324214)
15. **HB0196_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326281)
16. **HB0196_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327561)
17. **HB0196_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298035)
18. **HB0196_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298580)
19. **HB0196_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298581)
20. **HB0196_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298582)
21. **HB0196_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298583)
22. **HB0196_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298584)
23. **HB0196_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308372)
24. **HB0196_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308373)
25. **HB0196_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298028)
26. **LC1632.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271070)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **16–4** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **84–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **85–15** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **44–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Braxton Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-19T14:46:44+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-11T18:16:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-11T22:19:32+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-13T18:12:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-13T20:24:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-14T15:22:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-14T16:26:08+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-14T18:27:57+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-14T18:56:52+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-15T18:06:54+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15T20:09:27+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16T20:17:54+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-01-16T22:25:24+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-01-27T18:45:33+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27T20:38:32+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04T20:26:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-05T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T21:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T22:02:46+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-06T20:32:01+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-17T18:26:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T17:50:45+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-03-18T22:59:26+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-03-19T21:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21T19:37:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-24T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-24T19:47:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24T19:47:35+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-26T05:00:55+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-01T17:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-01T18:35:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T19:59:19+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07T23:00:26+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/0977376c-8653-4770-98d5-6d6d7f2a70b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).