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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images"
description: "Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 514"
citation: "Montana HB 514 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Cohenour"]
version_count: 20
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-12-15T16:01:57+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T22:05:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8401369-b1b0-4938-a3fc-6cd3fb3852a2"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3972?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "fb1eddd970d23e18de661bd0788784c767996d3056b61979f90faca6c54d96b0"
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 HB 514 (2025) — Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0514_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283218)
2. **HB0514_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285692)
3. **HB0514_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285693)
4. **HB0514_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289876)
5. **HB0514_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292273)
6. **HB0514_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310416)
7. **HB0514_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315119)
8. **HB0514_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315121)
9. **HB0514_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282642)
10. **HB0514_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315124)
11. **HB0514_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317239)
12. **HB0514_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317676)
13. **HB0514_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317677)
14. **HB0514_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320883)
15. **HB0514_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323284)
16. **HB0514_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323285)
17. **HB0514_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323286)
18. **HB0514_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325073)
19. **HB0514_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315123)
20. **LC3972.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269730)
## Votes
- Do Concur — **500** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **210** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **490** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **990** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **980** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **200** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **220** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jill Cohenour — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-15T16:01:57+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-31T00:21:02+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-01T14:47:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-03T21:59:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-05T16:57:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-05T19:42:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-07T00:30:44+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-13T15:30:56+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-14T21:49:47+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-17T18:14:17+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17T20:14:08+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18T23:10:17+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-02-20T15:33:57+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-24T18:47:43+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T21:32:16+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-28T20:43:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-28T22:25:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-01T15:19:06+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03T21:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-03T21:55:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03T22:17:19+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03T22:28:42+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-03-04T01:39:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T21:23:58+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-05T15:32:26+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T09:15:48+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-24T09:32:49+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-27T21:19:41+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-04T17:30:41+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-15T19:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T20:35:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T20:51:30+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17T16:24:56+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-04-18T14:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-04-18T20:03:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T21:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T21:21:17+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-25T13:54:25+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T17:00:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06T20:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T18:45:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T22:05:53+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8401369-b1b0-4938-a3fc-6cd3fb3852a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).