By Anonymous (not verified), 4 September, 2025

Establishes the Montana Individual Freedom Act; defines “diversity, equity, and inclusion” as any program or initiative of a state or local government agency established for the purpose of (a) influencing hiring, employment, or recruitment practices with respect to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, disability, or religion, other than through the use of color-blind and sex-neutral hiring or recruitment processes in accordance with any applicable state and federal antidiscrimination laws; (b) promoting differential treatment of or providing special benefits to individuals on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, disability, or religion; (c) promoting policies or procedures designed or implemented in reference to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, disability, or religion, other than policies or procedures approved in writing by the attorney general’s office for the sole purpose of ensuring compliance with any applicable court order or state or federal law; or (d) conducting trainings, programs, or activities designed or implemented in reference to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, disability, or religion, other than trainings, programs, or activities developed by an attorney and approved in writing by the attorney general's office for the sole purpose of ensuring compliance with any applicable court order or state or federal law; prohibits any state or local government agency from expending funds, regardless of source, to purchase membership or goods and services from any organization that discriminated on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, disability, or religion; prohibits any state or local agency from expending any state, local, or federal funds to promote, support, or maintain any programs that advocate for DEI or promote or engage in political or social activism; authorizes the attorney general to investigate violations. "Dead" because tabled in committee.

State Name
Montana
Support/Oppose
Oppose
Bill #
H.B. 618
Status
Adjourned; Not Enacted
Category
6. Oversight and Transparency
Subcategory
DEI
Status Text
Introduced or Prefiled
Year Proposed
2025
State Taxonomy
Bill Page
https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2523?open_tab=sum