---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise student online protection laws related to postsecondary opportunities"
description: "Revise student online protection laws related to postsecondary opportunities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 631"
citation: "Montana HB 631 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Education - Post-Secondary", "Education - Technical and Trades", "Information Technology", "Privacy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curtis Schomer"]
version_count: 22
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-16T22:06:11+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-05T17:05:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/270b6599-e00b-49db-ab7f-5635232942bc"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1525?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "1c093a4346606050c5b0d92bb7b1fe3dbedf7090a695bb972d3599f1b69f758e"
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 631 (2025) — Revise student online protection laws related to postsecondary opportunities

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0631_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286064)
2. **HB0631_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293864)
3. **HB0631_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294055)
4. **HB0631_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306834)
5. **HB0631_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311760)
6. **HB0631_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311768)
7. **HB0631_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285583)
8. **HB0631_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311770)
9. **HB0631_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321619)
10. **HB0631_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324700)
11. **HB0631_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326253)
12. **HB0631_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327547)
13. **HB0631_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313150)
14. **HB0631_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313151)
15. **HB0631_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313180)
16. **HB0631_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313181)
17. **HB0631_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317113)
18. **HB0631_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320678)
19. **HB0631_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321617)
20. **HB0631_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321618)
21. **HB0631_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311769)
22. **LC1525.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283393)

## Votes

- do_pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Curtis Schomer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-16T22:06:11+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-14T19:06:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-14T21:35:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-17T21:50:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-18T17:52:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-18T18:50:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-18T19:05:24+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-21T18:13:21+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-21T20:17:26+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-22T15:25:22+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-22T16:10:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T15:21:51+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-03-01T02:05:43+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T21:04:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T01:39:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:00:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14T23:40:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T19:04:10+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-08T00:43:58+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-08T23:29:51+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-09T00:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-14T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T20:12:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:23:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:23:11+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-18T12:01:56+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T23:00:32+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24T17:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-24T21:45:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-05T17:05:41+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/270b6599-e00b-49db-ab7f-5635232942bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).