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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allow the term \"emotional disability\" to be used instead of \"emotional disturbance\" as it relates to special education"
+description: "Allow the term \"emotional disability\" to be used instead of \"emotional disturbance\" as it relates to special education"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 866"
+citation: "Montana HB 866 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations", "Developmental Disabilities", "Education - K-12"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Melissa Romano"]
+version_count: 20
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-12-10T19:03:26+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-19T22:20:11+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7b16e71-7a74-49bd-86e6-21985019451a"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2637?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "d67c33b37c4aa3820786a483a59ba136750a62375a830970498942fbd04c59ba"
+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 866 (2025) — Allow the term "emotional disability" to be used instead of "emotional disturbance" as it relates to special education
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0866_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299005)
+2. **HB0866_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303700)
+3. **HB0866_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311409)
+4. **HB0866_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314232)
+5. **HB0866_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314234)
+6. **HB0866_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298404)
+7. **HB0866_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314236)
+8. **HB0866_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325284)
+9. **HB0866_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325285)
+10. **HB0866_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326653)
+11. **HB0866_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314237)
+12. **HB0866_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316508)
+13. **HB0866_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317392)
+14. **HB0866_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317492)
+15. **HB0866_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317495)
+16. **HB0866_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320877)
+17. **HB0866_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324354)
+18. **HB0866_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325283)
+19. **HB0866_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314235)
+20. **LC2637.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296691)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do_pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **36–14** (pass) · upper
+- be_concurred_in — **11–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **60–35** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **61–39** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Melissa Romano — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-10T19:03:26+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-01-16T23:59:32+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
+- **2025-03-19T17:30:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-03-19T22:21:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-03-21T19:06:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-03-21T23:18:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-03-22T12:54:26+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-03-24T16:30:10+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-03-25T15:12:53+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-03-25T21:22:13+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-03-26T16:07:03+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-26T19:11:09+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-27T21:53:10+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
+- **2025-03-28T22:29:56+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-29T15:37:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-01T20:39:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-02T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-02T23:25:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-03T15:14:09+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-04-03T21:02:27+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-03T21:03:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10T21:48:32+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-04-14T19:53:52+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-04-15T16:52:23+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-04-16T01:56:41+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-04-16T19:21:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-17T22:38:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-18T22:05:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-18T22:05:05+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-24T21:04:46+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-05-02T17:00:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-05-06T20:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13T19:34:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-19T22:20:11+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/e7b16e71-7a74-49bd-86e6-21985019451a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+