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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise education laws related to students with exceptional needs"
+description: "Generally revise education laws related to students with exceptional needs"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 388"
+citation: "Montana HB 388 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Developmental Disabilities", "Persons With (see also: Institutions)", "School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mary Caferro"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-10-22"
+last_action: "2019-04-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3961ddd2-9f2c-4aa9-9daa-07445db56edf"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=388&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "acf30ba24b23d7fe82825495c6c29765dae9d0672f41554453f200b25237ffc8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
+---
+
+# Montana HB 388 (2019) — Generally revise education laws related to students with exceptional needs
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0388_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0388_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0388_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0388_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0388_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0388_x.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0388.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **16–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **95–4** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mary Caferro — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-10-22** Draft Request Received
+- **2019-01-16** Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2019-01-16** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-01-16** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-01-16** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-01-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2019-01-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-01-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-01-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-17** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-01-17** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-01-17** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-01-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-02-01** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-02-05** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-02-05** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-02-12** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-02-12** Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-02-13** Hearing
+- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-23** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-02-25** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-02-25** Revised Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-02-25** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-02-25** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Hearing
+- **2019-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-18** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-03-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-22** Returned to House
+- **2019-03-23** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-03-25** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-03-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-03-27** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-06** Signed by President
+- **2019-04-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-17** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3961ddd2-9f2c-4aa9-9daa-07445db56edf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+