---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise education laws related to students with exceptional needs"
description: "Generally revise education laws related to students with exceptional needs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 388"
citation: "Montana HB 388 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Developmental Disabilities", "Persons With (see also: Institutions)", "School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Caferro"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-10-22"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3961ddd2-9f2c-4aa9-9daa-07445db56edf"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=388&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "acf30ba24b23d7fe82825495c6c29765dae9d0672f41554453f200b25237ffc8"
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 388 (2019) — Generally revise education laws related to students with exceptional needs

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0388_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0388_1.pdf)
2. **HB0388_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0388_2.pdf)
3. **HB0388_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0388_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0388.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mary Caferro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-22** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-16** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-16** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-17** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-17** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-17** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-01** 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
- **2019-02-12** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-12** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-13** Hearing
- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-25** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-25** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-25** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-25** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing
- **2019-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-18** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-22** Returned to House
- **2019-03-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-06** Signed by President
- **2019-04-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3961ddd2-9f2c-4aa9-9daa-07445db56edf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).