---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws relating to flag displays in and on state buildings and grounds"
description: "Revise laws relating to flag displays in and on state buildings and grounds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 819"
citation: "Montana HB 819 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braxton Mitchell"]
version_count: 19
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-08T13:30:20+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T21:12:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3113583c-1f89-49a4-84c6-c16fceb962a8"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4289?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "14d819050bd38b34057ef57d3e259c79ed37fbbe6822af892a6161b1262f67bd"
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 819 (2025) — Revise laws relating to flag displays in and on state buildings and grounds

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0819_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289236)
2. **HB0819_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293966)
3. **HB0819_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293983)
4. **HB0819_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303472)
5. **HB0819_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315470)
6. **HB0819_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315471)
7. **HB0819_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288757)
8. **HB0819_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315473)
9. **HB0819_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327127)
10. **HB0819_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317296)
11. **HB0819_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318104)
12. **HB0819_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318105)
13. **HB0819_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320918)
14. **HB0819_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324375)
15. **HB0819_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325256)
16. **HB0819_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325257)
17. **HB0819_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325258)
18. **HB0819_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315472)
19. **LC4289.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285508)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **5–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–17** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **57–42** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Braxton Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08T13:30:20+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-17T16:07:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-17T16:19:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-21T17:15:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-21T19:10:22+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-21T21:24:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-22T15:26:09+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-25T19:00:03+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-26T22:44:02+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-27T17:19:41+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T20:04:46+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T21:54:13+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-03T13:40:33+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-04T19:00:07+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T22:14:59+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T18:03:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:18:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T01:16:23+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19T19:55:38+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25T14:21:02+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-03-25T18:19:36+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) State Administration
- **2025-04-02T02:50:59+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-04-03T00:53:47+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2025-04-03T20:51:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T19:34:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:40:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:40:31+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-27T23:12:20+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T17:30:49+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`
- **2025-05-13T19:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T21:12:14+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/3113583c-1f89-49a4-84c6-c16fceb962a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).