SB 396 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Provide requirements for public library resources containing material of a sexual or graphic sexual nature

Montana's SB 396 requires public libraries to place all resources containing sexual or graphic sexual content exclusively in young adult or adult sections, regardless of the material's intended age group. Community members can object to a resource's placement, prompting the library to move it to the required section. Libraries must also restrict children's access to digital content with sexual or graphic material to parental discretion. The bill directly affects Montana public libraries, their governing boards, and community members, but died in committee in May 2025.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC0064.pdf SB0396_1.pdf · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill underwent formatting and numbering corrections, with the bill number changed from LC 0064 to SB 396.1. Several sections were renumbered to fix inconsistencies in subsection numbering. The language was also standardized to remove inconsistent capitalization of words like 'shall' and 'IN'.
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Bill number changed from LC 0064 to SB 396.1 in the header and page footers.

Sponsorship information was added, listing D. Emrich, J. Fuller, and T. McGillvray as introduced by.

Inconsistent capitalization of the word 'shall' was corrected throughout the document to use lowercase.

Subsection numbering was corrected in multiple sections where duplicate or skipped numbers appeared (e.g., changing '(3) (4)' to '(3)(4)').

Minor grammatical corrections were made, such as removing redundant words like 'the' and 'such' in various clauses.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
15
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Committee
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Amendments
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Feb 28, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Daniel Emrich
RRepublican
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