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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit employee termination for legal social media posts"
description: "Prohibit employee termination for legal social media posts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 270"
citation: "Montana SB 270 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment and Labor (same as: Labor and Employment)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith Regier"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-07T20:43:13+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T15:51:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da25f7ad-4ee7-495e-a025-4226f2892619"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1002"
source_hash: "91ca39c5f0bb2eea6c7ba850f7fdbd58f86a4849876a3475d8a04929178829ca"
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 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](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6990)
2. **SB0270.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6989)
3. **SB0270001SCS16515.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6981)
4. **SB0270_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6959)
5. **SB0270_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6958)
6. **SB0270_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6960)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da25f7ad-4ee7-495e-a025-4226f2892619`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).