HB 631 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise student online protection laws related to postsecondary opportunities

HB 631 revises student data privacy laws by amending the definition of "K-12 school purposes" in Section 20-7-1324, MCA. This change means that the existing data privacy protections for K-12 online applications will no longer apply to courses taken for postsecondary (college) credit. It also excludes work-based learning courses from these specific K-12 data privacy regulations. This bill aims to remove barriers to postsecondary opportunities by clarifying which educational activities fall under K-12 online application privacy rules.

Issues: ✓ Education ✗ Technology

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Signed May 5, 2025

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HB0631_X(1).pdf → HB0631_X(2).pdf · 2 edits

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The bill text underwent minor formatting adjustments, including the removal of extra blank lines and the standardization of capitalization in the title and effective date clause. These changes do not alter the substantive policy, scope, or legal requirements of the legislation.

TECHNICAL

Deleted two blank lines at the end of the document before the 'END' marker to improve formatting consistency.

Standardized the capitalization of the phrase 'AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE' to match the rest of the document.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

50–0

Passed

Total votes 50

Apr 15, 2025

D Democratic18

18 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican32

32 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

May 1, 2025

Signed into law

(H) Signed by Governor

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Signed by President

upper

Apr 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Signed by Speaker

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (50-0)

senate

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Report - (S) Education and Cultural Resources

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Executive Action - (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 (99-0-1)

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 22, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors