---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise funding for community colleges"
description: "Revise funding for community colleges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 212"
citation: "Montana HB 212 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges (see also: University System)", "Schools and Education", "University System (see also: Colleges)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 60
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-11-14"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c583e38a-3911-43b7-be88-f5f35e58bebe"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=212&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "f9f1dd497a3a394ca2558bdbcb73af561c654241fb9102ac0bd58bf802ee78c6"
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 212 (2019) — Revise funding for community colleges

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0212_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0212_1.pdf)
2. **HB0212_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0212_2.pdf)
3. **HB0212_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0212_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0212.pdf)

## Votes

- BE TABLED — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-14** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-26** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-11-26** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-24** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-26** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2018-12-26** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-26** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-26** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-27** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-27** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-27** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-27** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-21** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-21** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-28** Hearing
- **2019-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-09** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-09** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-13** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-13** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-14** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-14** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-14** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Hearing
- **2019-03-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-20** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-20** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-21** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **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
- **2019-03-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-27** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-30** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Signed by President
- **2019-04-10** 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/c583e38a-3911-43b7-be88-f5f35e58bebe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).