---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise education funding laws"
description: "Generally revise education funding laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 159"
citation: "Montana HB 159 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Grubbs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 65
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-09-13"
last_action: "2019-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4726e74a-2f0c-4d47-8a3e-f17ef03787b6"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=159&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "c709fc709550cde6f4416ab5b00b8895e829a915496eb7efa538d4a17f9b0aec"
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 159 (2019) — Generally revise education funding laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0159_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0159_1.pdf)
2. **HB0159_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0159_2.pdf)
3. **HB0159_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0159_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0159.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce Grubbs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-13** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-04** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-04** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-05** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-01-05** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-05** 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
- **2019-01-08** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Requested
- **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** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-16** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-16** Hearing
- **2019-01-16** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-21** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-01-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-21** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-22** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-22** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-23** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-23** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Hearing
- **2019-01-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-28** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-28** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-30** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing
- **2019-02-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-14** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** Returned to House
- **2019-02-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-20** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-02-20** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-25** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-28** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4726e74a-2f0c-4d47-8a3e-f17ef03787b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).