HB 779 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise discrimination laws

HB 779 aimed to revise discrimination laws by adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of "antisemitism." It would have required the Department of Labor and Industry to consider this definition when reviewing discrimination complaints. Additionally, the bill proposed that this definition be considered for sentence enhancement in cases where offenses are committed due to a victim's race, religion, or national origin. It also would have explicitly recognized antisemitism, as defined by the IHRA, as a form of discrimination under the state's civil rights laws.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC4179.pdf HB0779_1.pdf · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was formally introduced and numbered HB 779, replacing the earlier LC 4179 designation. Several minor textual corrections were made to remove all-caps formatting and standardize the spelling of 'on' and 'first amendment' to improve readability and consistency.
TECHNICAL

Removed all-caps formatting from words like 'MAY' and 'ON' to standardize the text style.

Corrected the spelling of 'on' from 'ON' in multiple instances for consistency.

Changed 'FIRST AMENDMENT' to 'first amendment' to match standard legal writing conventions.

Added the specific names of the bill's sponsors to the introduction line.

Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2025

How they voted

200
Passed
Total votes 20
Mar 4, 2025
D Democratic8
8 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican12
12 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Mar 4, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (20-0)
house
Mar 4, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Randyn Gregg
Randyn Gregg
RRepublican
MT
78