republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/sb-270.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Prohibit employee termination for legal social media posts	Prohibit employee termination for legal social media posts	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2023	SB 270	Montana SB 270 (2023)	bill	Employment and Labor (same as: Labor and Employment)	enacted	Keith Regier	6	51	6	2022-11-07T20:43:13+00:00	2023-05-04T15:51:21+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/da25f7ad-4ee7-495e-a025-4226f2892619	https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1002	91ca39c5f0bb2eea6c7ba850f7fdbd58f86a4849876a3475d8a04929178829ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 270 (2023) — Prohibit employee termination for legal social media posts

Version chain

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

1. SB0270.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. SB0270.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. SB0270001SCS16515.slc.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. SB0270_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. SB0270_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
6. SB0270_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• (S) 3rd Reading Passed — 37–11 (pass) · upper
• (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — 70–29 (pass) · lower
• (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• (S) 2nd Reading Passed — 37–13 (pass) · upper
• (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — 71–28 (pass) · lower
• (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — 14–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Keith Regier — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-04T15:51:21+00:00 Chapter Number Assigned became-law
• 2023-05-02T16:33:00+00:00 (S) Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-24T16:50:00+00:00 (S) Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-22T14:30:00+00:00 (H) Signed by Speaker passage
• 2023-04-19T16:00:00+00:00 (S) Signed by President passage
• 2023-04-18T00:36:02+00:00 (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available enrolled
• 2023-04-18T00:36:01+00:00 (S) Returned from Enrolling
• 2023-04-13T16:36:01+00:00 (S) Sent to Enrolling
• 2023-04-12T22:02:11+00:00 (H) Returned to Senate
• 2023-04-12T20:20:00+00:00 (H) 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-04-07T14:58:00+00:00 (H) 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-03-23T19:12:00+00:00 (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
• 2023-03-23T14:00:00+00:00 (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2023-03-21T14:00:00+00:00 (H) Hearing
• 2023-03-14T19:34:11+00:00 (H) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-14T16:15:58+00:00 (H) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-02-19T00:00:00+00:00 (S) Transmitted to House
• 2023-02-17T21:15:00+00:00 (S) 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-17T20:11:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-02-16T20:37:00+00:00 (S) 2nd Reading Passed reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-02-16T20:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-02-13T22:22:30+00:00 (C) Printed - New Version Available
• 2023-02-13T20:24:00+00:00 (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2023-02-10T15:30:00+00:00 (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2023-02-09T23:50:35+00:00 (C) Amendments Available
• 2023-02-08T15:30:50+00:00 (S) Hearing
• 2023-02-03T20:08:58+00:00 (S) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-02-03T18:09:59+00:00 (S) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-02-03T17:12:04+00:00 (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2023-02-03T15:49:59+00:00 (S) Introduced
• 2023-02-03T15:38:33+00:00 (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2023-01-31T16:56:31+00:00 (C) Executive Director Final Review
• 2023-01-31T16:56:26+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2023-01-30T22:08:36+00:00 (C) Draft in Assembly
• 2023-01-30T16:47:53+00:00 (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2023-01-30T16:47:52+00:00 (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2023-01-30T14:37:49+00:00 (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2023-01-10T17:06:43+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2023-01-09T15:52:19+00:00 (C) Executive Director Final Review
• 2023-01-09T15:52:08+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2023-01-07T22:23:48+00:00 (C) Draft in Assembly
• 2023-01-07T19:59:31+00:00 (C) Executive Director Review
• 2023-01-03T22:07:47+00:00 (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2023-01-03T22:07:46+00:00 (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2023-01-03T20:19:05+00:00 (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2022-12-29T15:59:53+00:00 (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2022-12-28T21:21:20+00:00 (C) Draft in Edit
• 2022-12-28T20:11:07+00:00 (C) Draft in Legal Review
• 2022-11-07T20:43:13+00:00 (C) Draft Request Received receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da25f7ad-4ee7-495e-a025-4226f2892619. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).