---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise school funding laws"
description: "Generally revise school funding laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 390"
citation: "Montana HB 390 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald W Jones"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 71
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44f597c8-f960-45c1-991a-c6fa363b8378"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC2442&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "d29a10702811c9357d63b244ce3aaf18d9ab52dab1710fd6183bfd41d4840f2a"
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 390 (2017) — Generally revise school funding laws

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/HB0390.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **14–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-1 Jones D/PASS — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur as Amended — **50–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Donald W Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-16** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-18** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-20** Draft Back for Requester Changes
- **2017-01-20** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-20** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-20** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-21** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-23** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-23** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-23** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-23** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-25** Draft Back for Redo
- **2017-01-25** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-25** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-26** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-26** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-26** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-02** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-03** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-03** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-13** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-14** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-20** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-02-21** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-03-10** Hearing
- **2017-03-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-03-14** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing
- **2017-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Hearing
- **2017-04-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-10** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-11** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2017-04-11** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-20** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-21** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-21** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44f597c8-f960-45c1-991a-c6fa363b8378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).