---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit discriminatory action against persons providing adoption or foster care services"
description: "Prohibit discriminatory action against persons providing adoption or foster care services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 655"
citation: "Montana HB 655 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Discrimination", "Family Law", "Minors", "Religion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Oblander"]
version_count: 29
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-12-13T14:07:29+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-05T17:16:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0db5470f-3a9e-40d2-bb27-3750cb276002"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2955?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "aa929edc6f7359eb1444a05f75fd86298b02c61653b45d1c9cdbd1cb3395c8cf"
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 655 (2025) — Prohibit discriminatory action against persons providing adoption or foster care services

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0655.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292524)
2. **HB0655.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292526)
3. **HB0655.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292525)
4. **HB0655.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301003)
5. **HB0655.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301001)
6. **HB0655.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305836)
7. **HB0655.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305832)
8. **HB0655_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286048)
9. **HB0655_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293873)
10. **HB0655_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294085)
11. **HB0655_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304777)
12. **HB0655_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306961)
13. **HB0655_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306962)
14. **HB0655_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285860)
15. **HB0655_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306964)
16. **HB0655_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321640)
17. **HB0655_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324707)
18. **HB0655_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326765)
19. **HB0655_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327767)
20. **HB0655_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306965)
21. **HB0655_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307838)
22. **HB0655_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307839)
23. **HB0655_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310830)
24. **HB0655_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316769)
25. **HB0655_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320348)
26. **HB0655_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321638)
27. **HB0655_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321639)
28. **HB0655_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306963)
29. **LC2955.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284425)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **57–42** (pass) · lower
- AMD-HB0655.001.003 Neumann D/PASS — **22–28** (fail) · upper
- Do Pass — **59–40** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **29–21** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Oblander — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-13T14:07:29+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-13T14:07:29+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-11T16:13:20+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-19T19:19:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-19T19:33:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-19T21:03:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-19T21:41:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-19T21:48:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-19T22:03:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-20T22:02:32+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-21T23:41:22+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-22T16:10:36+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-22T18:58:20+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-25T22:58:29+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-01T19:57:23+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T22:45:18+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T22:15:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T16:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-14T23:58:31+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T15:02:52+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T15:24:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-18T16:35:25+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-24T09:28:11+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-04T17:07:03+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-04T20:52:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T20:41:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T20:56:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-08T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T20:59:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-10T15:23:33+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-18T19:00:46+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22T00:00:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-05T17:16:35+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/0db5470f-3a9e-40d2-bb27-3750cb276002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).