---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise education funding, implement general appropriations bill"
description: "Generally revise education funding, implement general appropriations bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 647"
citation: "Montana HB 647 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation Process", "Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Money Transfer", "School Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald W Jones"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-11-08"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eea0c10e-6d08-4dbd-a8e6-daddde1db3cb"
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=LC0682&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "9016b5e026f55dda170bbe97ca5535f68a2c56960af150dd048c1fec253d8bff"
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 647 (2017) — Generally revise education funding, implement general appropriations bill

## 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/HB0647.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **96–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **39–10** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **91–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **87–13** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **17–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **39–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Donald W Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-08** Draft Request Received
- **2016-11-10** Draft On Hold
- **2017-03-18** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-03-18** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-03-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-03-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-03-18** Draft in Edit
- **2017-03-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-03-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-03-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-03-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-21** Executive Director Review
- **2017-03-21** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-03-21** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-03-21** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-03-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-03-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-22** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-24** Hearing
- **2017-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-29** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-30** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-30** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-30** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-31** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-31** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-31** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-03** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Hearing
- **2017-04-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-05** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-06** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-04-06** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-08** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-04-13** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **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`
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eea0c10e-6d08-4dbd-a8e6-daddde1db3cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).