---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise notification requirements related to the registration of sexual and violent offenders"
description: "Generally revise notification requirements related to the registration of sexual and violent offenders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 268"
citation: "Montana HB 268 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curtis Schomer"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-15T14:45:18+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T23:13:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5545e50e-7f27-4bf5-b481-81dcc4dec0d5"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3854?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "9c34850df9aa0fd3e71a6901744e77722235da68aa55e768b5e59a9f82f2f463"
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 268 (2025) — Generally revise notification requirements related to the registration of sexual and violent offenders

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0268_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273580)
2. **HB0268_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275442)
3. **HB0268_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276490)
4. **HB0268_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279841)
5. **HB0268_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294866)
6. **HB0268_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296332)
7. **HB0268_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273133)
8. **HB0268_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296331)
9. **HB0268_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296334)
10. **HB0268_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310862)
11. **HB0268_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316802)
12. **HB0268_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320378)
13. **HB0268_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324221)
14. **HB0268_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327093)
15. **HB0268_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296335)
16. **HB0268_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296443)
17. **HB0268_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296444)
18. **HB0268_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296525)
19. **HB0268_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296526)
20. **HB0268_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308396)
21. **HB0268_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308397)
22. **HB0268_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308398)
23. **HB0268_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296333)
24. **LC3854.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271638)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **60–40** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **60–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curtis Schomer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-15T14:45:18+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-04T22:41:34+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-10T22:41:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-01-13T17:43:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-14T22:30:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-15T04:38:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-15T15:51:05+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-16T18:34:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-16T21:15:01+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-20T21:35:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-21T20:38:14+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-21T20:40:29+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-22T18:02:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22T20:09:37+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-23T21:17:55+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-01-27T15:06:57+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-27T22:03:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-28T14:06:28+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-03T18:24:55+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03T19:23:50+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03T20:17:22+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-05T21:19:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-06T21:54:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-06T23:01:55+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-07T20:21:49+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-14T18:59:27+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T15:07:28+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-18T16:49:05+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-18T19:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-19T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19T20:57:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T20:59:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T20:59:28+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-21T16:24:06+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T23:15:00+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`
- **2025-04-07T20:01:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07T23:13:50+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/5545e50e-7f27-4bf5-b481-81dcc4dec0d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).