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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarify laws related to kindergarten"
+description: "Clarify laws related to kindergarten"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 24"
+citation: "Montana HB 24 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Education - School Finance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Melissa Romano"]
+version_count: 25
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-09-23T13:10:22+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-04-07T20:44:15+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab2eaa64-4b5e-4df6-8c5b-8768fc12f798"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0289?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "5037ed68d80746328c3701fa9ac0874c230315e40c62f768b039d8923159aa0c"
+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 24 (2025) — Clarify laws related to kindergarten
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0024_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267404)
+2. **HB0024_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273223)
+3. **HB0024_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275421)
+4. **HB0024_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276469)
+5. **HB0024_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295123)
+6. **HB0024_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297499)
+7. **HB0024_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267213)
+8. **HB0024_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297498)
+9. **HB0024_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297501)
+10. **HB0024_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310838)
+11. **HB0024_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316776)
+12. **HB0024_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320354)
+13. **HB0024_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324202)
+14. **HB0024_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325735)
+15. **HB0024_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327303)
+16. **HB0024_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297502)
+17. **HB0024_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297822)
+18. **HB0024_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297823)
+19. **HB0024_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297956)
+20. **HB0024_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297957)
+21. **HB0024_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308199)
+22. **HB0024_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308202)
+23. **HB0024_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308203)
+24. **HB0024_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297500)
+25. **LC0289.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265322)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do_pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **91–8** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **79–20** (pass) · lower
+- be_concurred_in — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Melissa Romano — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-09-23T13:10:22+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2024-10-03T21:24:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2024-10-07T20:01:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2024-10-26T16:22:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2024-11-10T17:10:14+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2024-11-17T18:37:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2024-11-19T00:13:44+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2024-12-06T21:48:56+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2024-12-06T21:50:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2024-12-18T20:46:48+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2024-12-20T22:11:07+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-06T17:26:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-07T00:35:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
+- **2025-01-07T15:17:15+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2025-01-08T20:20:08+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2025-01-09T15:34:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2025-01-15T23:31:29+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-16T17:59:19+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-16T20:17:22+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-20T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-20T20:23:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-01-21T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-01-21T21:21:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-01-21T21:48:45+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-01-22T20:34:56+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-18T14:53:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-20T15:38:23+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-03-18T23:36:03+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-03-19T21:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-20T20:41:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-21T20:18:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-21T20:19:14+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-03-25T12:14:18+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-03-28T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-01T17:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-01T18:35:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-07T19:55:46+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-07T20:44:15+00:00** 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/ab2eaa64-4b5e-4df6-8c5b-8768fc12f798`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+