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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provide alternative means of earning high school diploma"
+description: "Provide alternative means of earning high school diploma"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 556"
+citation: "Montana HB 556 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Rule Making", "Schools and Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Walsh"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-11-24"
+last_action: "2021-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2be3087-1416-40c5-ac23-8552e2d1f3f2"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=556&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "385ee85c30b21c4b81c099882c43716c75870f90bcf4ea6fb5f9bf84eaad4499"
+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 556 (2021) — Provide alternative means of earning high school diploma
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0556_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0599//HB0556_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0556_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0599//HB0556_X.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0556.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **95–5** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **93–5** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kenneth Walsh — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-24** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-11-25** Draft On Hold
+- **2021-02-02** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2021-02-16** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-02-17** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-02-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-02-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-02-19** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-02-19** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-20** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-02-22** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-02-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-22** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-02-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-02-22** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-23** Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-23** Sponsor List Modified
+- **2021-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-24** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-24** Hearing - (H) Education
+- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-22** Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2021-03-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2021-03-25** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-29** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-30** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-30** Returned to House
+- **2021-03-31** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-04-06** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-04-06** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-04-08** Signed by President
+- **2021-04-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-16** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2be3087-1416-40c5-ac23-8552e2d1f3f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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