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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise laws related to homeschooling"
+description: "Generally revise laws related to homeschooling"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 778"
+citation: "Montana HB 778 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education - K-12"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Randyn Gregg"]
+version_count: 21
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-12-17T17:30:43+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-19T20:51:44+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb174bc9-bcfa-46fa-a2ec-8df1358d9c9f"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3162?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "f6910459fbdc54e06f0fe2c5c529133e1f73f913811310431645049fd9b706f0"
+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 778 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to homeschooling
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0778_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288467)
+2. **HB0778_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293948)
+3. **HB0778_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294009)
+4. **HB0778_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306831)
+5. **HB0778_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315444)
+6. **HB0778_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315445)
+7. **HB0778_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287658)
+8. **HB0778_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315447)
+9. **HB0778_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325237)
+10. **HB0778_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326758)
+11. **HB0778_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327763)
+12. **HB0778_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317291)
+13. **HB0778_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318141)
+14. **HB0778_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318142)
+15. **HB0778_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320928)
+16. **HB0778_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324385)
+17. **HB0778_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325234)
+18. **HB0778_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325235)
+19. **HB0778_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325236)
+20. **HB0778_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315446)
+21. **LC3162.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286178)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
+- do_pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- be_concurred_in — **12–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Randyn Gregg — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-17T17:30:43+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-02-20T18:31:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-02-20T18:54:26+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-02-22T22:46:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-02-23T22:17:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-02-23T22:36:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-02-24T18:15:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-02-25T00:21:03+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-02-25T21:16:22+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-02-26T17:19:28+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-26T20:05:50+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-28T15:21:56+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
+- **2025-03-01T02:14:23+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-01T21:06:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-07T01:19:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07T17:36:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-03-15T00:51:39+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-19T19:07:03+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-31T19:04:15+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-04-08T21:07:50+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-04-09T00:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-18T19:13:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22T21:26:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22T21:26:10+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-28T14:25:33+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-05-02T17:30:49+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-05-06T20:00:43+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13T19:26:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-19T20:51:44+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/bb174bc9-bcfa-46fa-a2ec-8df1358d9c9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+