---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise school finance laws related to gifts and endowments"
description: "Revise school finance laws related to gifts and endowments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 576"
citation: "Montana HB 576 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-11-20"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/962e0ebd-079b-48e6-9506-7e3d6c0838b9"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=576&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "0a77d5387a04881870a407e1e247dfac6978c69c76ed65369d12b58baf022421"
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 576 (2019) — Revise school finance laws related to gifts and endowments

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0576_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0576_1.pdf)
2. **HB0576_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0576_2.pdf)
3. **HB0576_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0576_3.pdf)
4. **HB0576_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0576_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0576.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **37–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-20** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-17** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-01** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-12** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-15** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-15** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-19** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-02-19** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-19** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-19** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-25** Hearing
- **2019-02-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing
- **2019-03-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-10** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-13** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-13** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/962e0ebd-079b-48e6-9506-7e3d6c0838b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).