Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB388: Create pregnancy center autonomy and rights of expression act
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act prohibiting targeting pregnancy centers for regulation or oversight because pregnancy centers do not perform, refer, or counsel in favor of abortion or contraception; providing definitions; providing remedies; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT PROHIBITING TARGETING PREGNANCY CENTERS FOR REGULATION OR OVERSIGHT BECAUSE PREGNANCY CENTERS DO NOT PERFORM, REFER, OR COUNSEL IN FAVOR OF ABORTION OR CONTRACEPTION; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING REMEDIES; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, pregnancy centers have a considerable and growing life-affirming impact on the women, men, children, and communities they serve; and WHEREAS, pregnancy centers serve women in Montana and across the United States with integrity and compassion; and WHEREAS, pregnancy centers provide comprehensive care to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies, including resources to meet their physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs; and WHEREAS, pregnancy centers offer women free, confidential, and compassionate services, which can include pregnancy tests, peer counseling, 24-hour telephone hotlines, childbirth and parenting classes, referrals to community health care, adoption referrals, and other support services; and WHEREAS, many medical pregnancy centers offer ultrasounds and other medical services; and WHEREAS, pregnancy centers encourage women to make positive life choices by equipping them with complete and accurate information regarding their pregnancy options and the development of their unborn children; and WHEREAS, pregnancy centers provide important support and resources for women who choose childbirth over abortion; and WHEREAS, pregnancy centers have faced unprecedented attacks since the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and the federal constitutional right to …
Sponsors
- Regier, Amy (R, 6) · primary sponsor
- Vinton, Sue (R, 20)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 12, 2025): 31 yea, 19 nay, passed
- ReconsAction -McGillvray (April 11, 2025): 31 yea, 17 nay, passed
- Do Concur As Amended (April 11, 2025): 31 yea, 17 nay, passed
- AMD-HB0388.002.001 McGillvray D/PASS (April 11, 2025): 28 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Do Concur As Amended (April 10, 2025): 33 yea, 14 nay, passed
- AMD-HB0388.001.003 Neumann D/PASS (April 10, 2025): 28 yea, 21 nay, passed
Subjects: Abortion, Torts, Health Care Services
Common questions
- What is HB388?
- HB388 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Create pregnancy center autonomy and rights of expression act.
- What does HB388 do?
- In its own words: An act prohibiting targeting pregnancy centers for regulation or oversight because pregnancy centers do not perform, refer, or counsel in favor of abortion or contraception; providing definitions; providing remedies; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of HB388?
- Signed into law as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB388?
- Regier, Amy (R, 6), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB388?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2052
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