---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhance penalties for certain sexual crimes"
description: "Enhance penalties for certain sexual crimes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 525"
citation: "Montana HB 525 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Professions and Occupations Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Regier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 52
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-11-01T21:58:42+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-20T23:17:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d42a1bcd-9c29-4f34-a065-d6c77e756ef9"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0950"
source_hash: "1f87fe42b70b89bfc98eb6b4ca0a3411c7fdc54194a876f8080478db0a110a6f"
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 525 (2023) — Enhance penalties for certain sexual crimes

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0525_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8510)
2. **HB0525_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8509)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **86–12** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **15–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **20–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **88–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T23:17:25+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-20T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T16:24:34+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T16:24:08+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-30T21:58:26+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-30T21:26:01+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-29T20:10:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:51:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24T21:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T14:57:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T16:42:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02T03:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-02T02:21:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T22:33:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T22:31:15+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T15:30:23+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-27T22:29:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T22:09:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T23:59:36+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-22T21:47:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T19:41:29+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-22T17:00:24+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-22T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T15:00:54+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-15T20:19:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15T19:25:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T17:47:57+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-14T13:43:33+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-14T01:04:15+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-13T18:45:08+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-04T21:56:46+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-04T15:47:51+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-04T15:47:47+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-03T21:21:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-03T20:22:03+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-03T19:53:13+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-03T19:53:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-03T17:20:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-03T16:13:57+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-01T20:23:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-01T19:57:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-01T16:50:39+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-01T21:58:42+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d42a1bcd-9c29-4f34-a065-d6c77e756ef9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).