HB 675 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise laws related to hypersexualized shows

HB 675 aimed to establish a private right of action against individuals who promote, conduct, or perform in drag king or drag queen shows. This would allow minors, their parents or legal guardians, and adults who attend such performances to sue performers or promoters. If successful, plaintiffs could be awarded actual damages, attorney fees, and $5,000 in statutory damages. The bill also introduced and amended state law definitions for "drag king," "drag queen," and "drag story hour," characterizing these performances with an emphasis on sexual energy, eroticism, and provocative content.
Bill status died 2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Failed
Mar 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB0675_1(4).pdf HB0675_2.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill underwent minor formatting adjustments to the header and a significant technical error in the statute of limitations, where the text was accidentally duplicated to read '2 3 years' instead of '2 years'. This change extends the time a person has to file a lawsuit to three years, potentially altering the legal timeline for seeking damages under this section.
Scope change
The scope of the bill remains the same, but the enforcement timeline for filing lawsuits was inadvertently extended from two years to three years due to a text duplication error.
TIMELINE

The statute of limitations for filing an action was changed from '2 years' to '2 3 years', effectively extending the deadline to three years.

TECHNICAL

The header text was updated from 'HB 675.1' to 'HB0675.2' and the page numbering format was adjusted.

A list of names in the header was slightly altered, removing 'SCHILLINGER, K. ZOLNIKOV, J. ETCHART, L. DEMING, F. NAVE, J. GILLETTE, N. DURAM, B. MITCHELL,'.

Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2025

How they voted

4455
Failed · 1 other
Total votes 100
Mar 6, 2025
D Democratic42
42 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican58
44 Yea 13 Nay 1
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 6, 2025
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (44-55-1)
house
Mar 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Mar 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Party
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Photo of Caleb Hinkle
Caleb Hinkle
RRepublican
MT
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