HB 599 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise student data collection laws

HB 599 revises parental rights concerning data collection and health screenings for children within schools. It establishes that parents can opt-out of school evaluations, surveys, or data collection that does not require personally identifiable information, and must opt-in for those that do. The bill requires schools to notify parents about any physical or mental health screenings or surveys, allowing parents to opt their child out, and to inform parents of any resulting issues. Furthermore, it mandates parental consent for biometric scans, certain audio/video recordings, and specific school trip accommodations. It also prohibits government entity employees from withholding relevant health information from parents.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Signed May 19, 2025
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The bill text shows a minor formatting adjustment where extra whitespace was removed from the end of the summary line, but the substantive language regarding physical and mental health screenings remains identical. No new policies, funding, or eligibility criteria were introduced in this specific change.
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Removed unnecessary trailing whitespace from the end of a line in the bill summary.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

2921
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 22, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
11 Yea 21 Nay
65% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
42
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (29-21)
senate
Apr 15, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (74-25-1)
house
Mar 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Education
lower
Mar 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Education
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Melissa Nikolakakos
Melissa Nikolakakos
RRepublican
MT
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