---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create advanced opportunity act for Montana students"
description: "Create advanced opportunity act for Montana students"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 387"
citation: "Montana HB 387 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 62
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-08-24"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc56b6a5-9cab-4674-aa0d-20e6a614fea7"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=387&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "a4173bad8f858fa1e485c88971d8363ca43919de033e3a4dc47463a0d8d86067"
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 387 (2019) — Create advanced opportunity act for Montana students

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0387_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0387_1.pdf)
2. **HB0387_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0387_2.pdf)
3. **HB0387_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0387_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0387.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **38–11** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **77–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **87–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-24** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-24** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-24** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-29** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-30** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-01** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-02** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-02** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-04** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-05** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-11** Hearing
- **2019-02-12** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-23** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-26** Hearing
- **2019-02-27** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-28** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-14** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-21** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Returned to House
- **2019-04-01** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc56b6a5-9cab-4674-aa0d-20e6a614fea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).