---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer funds within OPI for school safety professional development grants"
description: "Transfer funds within OPI for school safety professional development grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 601"
citation: "Montana HB 601 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Fuller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-11-15"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e97aa12b-8093-4383-ad93-98a80870df97"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=601&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "ef1d77073c5e903f88a2c35121bfe8f63e423053479dfc7725c81bcf5feca499"
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 601 (2019) — Transfer funds within OPI for school safety professional development grants

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0601_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0601_1.pdf)
2. **HB0601_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0601_2.pdf)
3. **HB0601_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0601_3.pdf)
4. **HB0601_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0601_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0601.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **82–15** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **66–33** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **86–14** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **69–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Fuller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-15** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-20** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-20** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-20** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-21** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-21** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-21** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-21** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **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`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-27** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** 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`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e97aa12b-8093-4383-ad93-98a80870df97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).