republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/hb-349.md

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Bill	Protect freedom of association and speech at public postsecondary campuses	Protect freedom of association and speech at public postsecondary campuses	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	HB 349	Montana HB 349 (2021)	bill	Discrimination and Human Rights Schools and Education University System (see also: Colleges)	enacted	Mike Hopkins	4	53	9	2020-12-13	2021-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/470e494e-9b29-4a3d-9481-842196e5265b	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=349&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	52609fb8aa32ba4a5e6acb6f1fe493d2a7af400a85189d46f14a15305f32623f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 349 (2021) — Protect freedom of association and speech at public postsecondary campuses

Version chain

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

1. HB0349_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0349_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0349_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• BE CONCURRED IN — 7–4 (pass) · upper
• DO PASS — 12–7 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 68–32 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 31–19 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 67–33 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 67–33 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur As Amended — 31–19 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 67–31 (pass) · lower
• AMD-003 Friedel D/PASS — 30–20 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mike Hopkins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-13 Draft Request Received
• 2021-01-19 Draft On Hold
• 2021-01-29 Draft Taken Off Hold
• 2021-02-05 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-02-05 Draft in Edit
• 2021-02-08 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-02-08 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-02-08 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-02-08 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-02-09 Executive Director Review
• 2021-02-09 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-02-09 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-02-09 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-02-09 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-02-09 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2021-02-09 Introduced introduction
• 2021-02-10 Legal Review Note
• 2021-02-10 Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 First Reading - (H) Judiciary reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2021-02-15 Hearing - (H) Judiciary
• 2021-02-17 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-02-17 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-02-22 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-02-22 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-02-23 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-02-23 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-23 Transmitted to Senate
• 2021-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-24 Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Hearing - (S) Judiciary
• 2021-03-18 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
• 2021-03-18 Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
• 2021-03-22 Amendments Available
• 2021-03-22 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-03-22 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
• 2021-03-22 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended reading-2
• 2021-03-22 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-03-24 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-03-24 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-24 Returned to House with Amendments
• 2021-03-29 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-03-29 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2021-03-30 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-03-30 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-30 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-04-02 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-04-02 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2021-04-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-04-08 Signed by President
• 2021-04-09 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-04-15 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-16 Chapter Number Assigned became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/470e494e-9b29-4a3d-9481-842196e5265b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).