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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise laws related to public charter schools"
+description: "Generally revise laws related to public charter schools"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 251"
+citation: "Montana HB 251 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Education - School Finance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
+version_count: 14
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-11-11T23:11:49+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-06T03:35:32+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd2de918-6cd1-4fff-8e6e-2e7a86f756a1"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1212?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "dfe55cb1bef7a0e8987c19f4c543e27fb40831abaa05a746c95c429dedd4be29"
+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 251 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to public charter schools
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0251_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272745)
+2. **HB0251_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275367)
+3. **HB0251_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276416)
+4. **HB0251_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299828)
+5. **HB0251_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308263)
+6. **HB0251_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308264)
+7. **HB0251_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272382)
+8. **HB0251_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316813)
+9. **HB0251_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320389)
+10. **HB0251_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324616)
+11. **HB0251_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326072)
+12. **HB0251_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327078)
+13. **HB0251_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310873)
+14. **LC1212.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270970)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper
+- do_pass — **12–3** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **87–13** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
+- be_concurred_in — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **85–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Bedey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-11T23:11:49+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-01-10T19:42:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-01-11T16:59:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-01-13T15:34:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-01-15T04:15:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-01-16T13:13:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-01-16T15:58:06+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-01-17T16:28:28+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-01-17T20:06:01+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-01-17T20:19:05+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2025-01-20T17:21:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-20T20:18:35+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-22T20:44:42+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Education
+- **2025-01-22T21:58:33+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
+- **2025-01-27T14:35:52+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2025-01-27T15:51:49+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2025-01-27T18:25:12+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2025-02-03T23:53:02+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-04T00:16:03+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-04T20:14:26+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-10T21:12:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-11T21:40:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-11T21:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-02-12T20:18:10+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-20T18:43:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-17T17:51:16+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-03-19T18:48:56+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-03-27T21:39:57+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-03-28T21:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-04-09T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-09T00:12:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10T18:10:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10T19:59:49+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-11T12:25:35+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-18T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-22T13:30:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-01T21:04:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-06T03:35:32+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/cd2de918-6cd1-4fff-8e6e-2e7a86f756a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+