HB 819 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise laws relating to flag displays in and on state buildings and grounds

HB 819 revises laws regarding flag and banner displays on government property in Montana. The bill restricts displays on state buildings, grounds, public schools, and other government-owned facilities to a specific list of flags. Permitted flags include official governmental, military, historical, school-related, and law enforcement flags. It explicitly prohibits flags or banners that represent a political viewpoint, such as those related to political parties, race, sexual orientation, gender, or political ideology, while clarifying it does not limit private speech.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Signed May 19, 2025
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The bill text shows minor formatting adjustments to spacing and line breaks throughout the legislative findings section, with no substantive policy changes to the core provisions. The effective date language was slightly modified but retains the same meaning, and the document structure remains functionally identical.
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Minor formatting changes including adjusted spacing in section headers and line breaks within the legislative findings text.

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The effective date section was reformatted with slight spacing adjustments but the substantive language remains unchanged.

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

How they voted

3218
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 22, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
40
Key actions
9
Committee
6
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 (32-18)
senate
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) State Administration
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) State Administration
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (57-42-1)
house
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
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Braxton Mitchell
RRepublican
MT
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