# Montana HB 121: Provide privacy in certain restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters Montana HB 121, Provide privacy in certain restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Kerri Seekins-Crowe (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-27 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB121-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 121 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Provide privacy in certain restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-06 - Last action: 2025-03-27, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Kerri Seekins-Crowe (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Health Care Services, Minors, Safety - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (348 yes, 200 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Right to sue for privacy violations: benefit, low. If you meet an opposite-sex person in a restroom or changing room labeled for your sex, you can sue the covered entity that allowed it or failed to stop it. If a covered entity makes you share sleeping quarters with the opposite sex, you can sue, too. You may ask for a court order, a statement that… - Separate school sleeping and undressing areas: benefit, low. At public school events with shared sleeping quarters, students cannot be required to share with the opposite sex, unless it is a family member. In any school place where people may be undressed with others, staff must provide separate, private areas by sex. Only members of that sex may enter those… - Sex-specific restrooms in public facilities: mixed, low. Covered entities, including public buildings, public schools, correctional and juvenile facilities, and some local domestic violence programs, must label every multi-occupancy restroom, changing room, and sleeping area for males or females. People may use only the space for their sex, with entry by… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Kerri Seekins-Crowe (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Fuller (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-11 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 32 | 18 | | | 2025-02-10 | Senate | AMD-HB0121.001.002 Smith D/PASS | fail | 22 | 28 | | | 2025-02-10 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 32 | 18 | | | 2025-01-16 | House | Do Pass | pass | 58 | 41 | | | 2025-01-15 | House | Cloture-Duram | pass | 88 | 11 | | | 2025-01-15 | House | Do Pass | pass | 58 | 42 | | | 2025-01-15 | House | Do Pass | pass | 58 | 42 | | ## Actions (30) - 2025-03-27: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-03-27: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-03-18: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-03-18: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-12: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-02-11: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-02-11: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Transmitted to House (Senate) - 2025-02-10: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-10: 2nd Reading Motion to Amend (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-01-25: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-01-17: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-01-17: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-01-16: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-01-15: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-01-13: Committee Report (House) - 2025-01-13: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-13: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-10: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-01-10: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-01-10: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-01-07: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-07: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-01-06: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-01-06: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-19: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9564bc64-8fd3-4b37-9fa1-8631c2bb6421) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=930c3005-074a-42cd-bdab-5fbb835a2ee0) - Introduced, 2025-01-06: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=f21bfaa4-d773-4bc3-81fe-da5a1a50f5fc) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9564bc64-8fd3-4b37-9fa1-8631c2bb6421) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=930c3005-074a-42cd-bdab-5fbb835a2ee0) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=f21bfaa4-d773-4bc3-81fe-da5a1a50f5fc) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB121-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).