---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise and fund purple heart scholarship , include higher medals"
description: "Revise and fund purple heart scholarship , include higher medals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 158"
citation: "Montana HB 158 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Military Affairs", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)", "University System (see also: Colleges)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rae Peppers"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-11-14"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31fc81a0-225b-43a8-b900-e63c4137ec82"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=158&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "4ebbe1a49b17ad841f0cf23ac2d631cd214c15c7f6ffae162ce5c40f499c1ede"
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 158 (2019) — Revise and fund purple heart scholarship , include higher medals

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0158_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0158_1.pdf)
2. **HB0158_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0158_2.pdf)
3. **HB0158_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0158_3.pdf)
4. **HB0158_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0158_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0158.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **87–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **88–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rae Peppers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-14** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-20** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-03** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-07** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-07** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-10** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-16** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-01-21** Hearing
- **2019-02-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-07** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-08** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-08** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Hearing
- **2019-03-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-14** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Hearing
- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-11** Signed by President
- **2019-04-11** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31fc81a0-225b-43a8-b900-e63c4137ec82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).