--- type: "Bill" title: "Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images" description: "Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 514" citation: "Montana HB 514 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Crimes", "Information Technology"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jill Cohenour"] version_count: 20 action_count: 48 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2024-12-15T16:01:57+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-19T22:05:53+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8401369-b1b0-4938-a3fc-6cd3fb3852a2" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3972?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "fb1eddd970d23e18de661bd0788784c767996d3056b61979f90faca6c54d96b0" 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 514 (2025) — Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0514_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283218) 2. **HB0514_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285692) 3. **HB0514_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285693) 4. **HB0514_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289876) 5. **HB0514_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292273) 6. **HB0514_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310416) 7. **HB0514_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315119) 8. **HB0514_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315121) 9. **HB0514_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282642) 10. **HB0514_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315124) 11. **HB0514_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317239) 12. **HB0514_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317676) 13. **HB0514_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317677) 14. **HB0514_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320883) 15. **HB0514_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323284) 16. **HB0514_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323285) 17. **HB0514_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323286) 18. **HB0514_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325073) 19. **HB0514_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315123) 20. **LC3972.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269730) ## Votes - Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **21–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **22–0** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **8–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Jill Cohenour — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-12-15T16:01:57+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-12-31T00:21:02+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-01T14:47:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-03T21:59:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-05T16:57:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-05T19:42:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-07T00:30:44+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-13T15:30:56+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-14T21:49:47+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-02-17T18:14:17+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-02-17T20:14:08+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-18T23:10:17+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary - **2025-02-20T15:33:57+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-02-24T18:47:43+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-27T21:32:16+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-02-28T20:43:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-28T22:25:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-03-01T15:19:06+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-03-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-03T21:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-03T21:55:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee` - **2025-03-03T22:17:19+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage` - **2025-03-03T22:28:42+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations - **2025-03-04T01:39:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage` - **2025-03-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-04T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-04T21:23:58+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-03-05T15:32:26+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-03-24T09:15:48+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary - **2025-03-24T09:32:49+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary - **2025-03-27T21:19:41+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary - **2025-04-04T17:30:41+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary - **2025-04-15T19:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary - **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-16T20:35:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-16T20:51:30+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee, referral-committee` - **2025-04-17T16:24:56+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims - **2025-04-18T14:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims - **2025-04-18T20:03:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims - **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-22T21:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-22T21:21:17+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-25T13:54:25+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-05-02T17:00:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-05-06T20:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-13T18:45:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-19T22:05:53+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/e8401369-b1b0-4938-a3fc-6cd3fb3852a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).