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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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129 lines
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prohibit discriminatory action against persons providing adoption or foster care services"
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description: "Prohibit discriminatory action against persons providing adoption or foster care services"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
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legislature: "Montana Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 655"
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citation: "Montana HB 655 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Discrimination", "Family Law", "Minors", "Religion"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Greg Oblander"]
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version_count: 29
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-12-13T14:07:29+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-05T17:16:35+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0db5470f-3a9e-40d2-bb27-3750cb276002"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2955?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "aa929edc6f7359eb1444a05f75fd86298b02c61653b45d1c9cdbd1cb3395c8cf"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
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---
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# Montana HB 655 (2025) — Prohibit discriminatory action against persons providing adoption or foster care services
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB0655.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292524)
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2. **HB0655.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292526)
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3. **HB0655.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292525)
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4. **HB0655.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301003)
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5. **HB0655.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301001)
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6. **HB0655.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305836)
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7. **HB0655.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305832)
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8. **HB0655_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286048)
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9. **HB0655_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293873)
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10. **HB0655_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294085)
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11. **HB0655_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304777)
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12. **HB0655_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306961)
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13. **HB0655_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306962)
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14. **HB0655_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285860)
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15. **HB0655_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306964)
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16. **HB0655_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321640)
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17. **HB0655_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324707)
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18. **HB0655_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326765)
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19. **HB0655_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327767)
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20. **HB0655_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306965)
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21. **HB0655_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307838)
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22. **HB0655_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307839)
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23. **HB0655_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310830)
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24. **HB0655_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316769)
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25. **HB0655_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320348)
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26. **HB0655_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321638)
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27. **HB0655_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321639)
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28. **HB0655_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306963)
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29. **LC2955.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284425)
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## Votes
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- Do Pass — **57–42** (pass) · lower
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- AMD-HB0655.001.003 Neumann D/PASS — **22–28** (fail) · upper
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- Do Pass — **59–40** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **29–19** (pass) · upper
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- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **29–21** (pass) · upper
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- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Greg Oblander — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-13T14:07:29+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2024-12-13T14:07:29+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
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- **2025-02-11T16:13:20+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
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- **2025-02-19T19:19:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-02-19T19:33:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-02-19T21:03:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-02-19T21:41:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-02-19T21:48:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-02-19T22:03:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-02-20T22:02:32+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-02-21T23:41:22+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-02-22T16:10:36+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-22T18:58:20+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-25T22:58:29+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
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- **2025-03-01T19:57:23+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-01T22:45:18+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-05T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-05T22:15:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-07T16:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-03-14T23:58:31+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-17T15:02:52+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18T15:24:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-03-18T16:35:25+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-03-24T09:28:11+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-04-04T17:07:03+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-04-04T20:52:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-07T20:41:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-07T20:56:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-08T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-08T20:59:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-08T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-04-10T15:23:33+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-04-18T19:00:46+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-22T00:00:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-05T17:16:35+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0db5470f-3a9e-40d2-bb27-3750cb276002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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