---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify approval process for new community college district"
description: "Clarify approval process for new community college district"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "Montana HB 176 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges (see also: University System)", "Legislature", "Vocational Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4874f57b-7eed-433f-9984-424faaa82158"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=176&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "38c3ca1b78a113f36bd5091061d12ee3fb98691e889c5ce6c976f5f4074c1a96"
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 176 (2019) — Clarify approval process for new community college district

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0176_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0176_1.pdf)
2. **HB0176_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0176_2.pdf)
3. **HB0176_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0176_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0176.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-28** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-12-28** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-28** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-29** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-29** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-12-29** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-03** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-03** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-03** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-03** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-04** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-10** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-10** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-17** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-17** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-18** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-21** Hearing
- **2019-01-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-29** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-01-29** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-31** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Hearing
- **2019-02-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-21** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Returned to House
- **2019-02-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-02-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-12** Signed by President
- **2019-03-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4874f57b-7eed-433f-9984-424faaa82158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).