---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise internet laws related to material harmful to minors"
description: "Revise internet laws related to material harmful to minors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 544"
citation: "Montana SB 544 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Communications (see also: Information Technology)", "Information Technology (see also: Communications)", "Minors (see also: Family Law)", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Willis Curdy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-30T18:26:36+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T21:41:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74deb242-e935-4998-8c40-710d2328514c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1854"
source_hash: "272b46ec4ed2f9ad73928ce48706f9e23b888d7819591641a6fd524146eec178"
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 SB 544 (2023) — Revise internet laws related to material harmful to minors

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0544.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=13466)
2. **SB0544_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=13467)
3. **SB0544_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=13468)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **88–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Willis Curdy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T21:41:23+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T19:16:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-02T20:32:42+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02T20:32:41+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-24T23:06:01+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-24T20:39:32+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-24T19:36:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T20:05:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T19:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-19T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-18T13:17:38+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-04-13T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-04-05T20:11:05+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05T19:26:40+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T22:28:32+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-04-04T20:31:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T16:45:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T21:19:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-27T19:37:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27T16:21:45+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24T22:56:19+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-24T18:48:44+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-03-23T20:28:01+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-03-23T16:13:35+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-23T15:55:05+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-03-23T15:55:00+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-23T15:11:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-03-23T15:07:22+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-03-23T15:04:35+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-23T15:04:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-03-23T14:45:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-03-23T14:27:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-03-23T13:09:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-03-22T23:13:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-03-22T22:47:33+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-30T18:26:36+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/74deb242-e935-4998-8c40-710d2328514c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).