---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study community college funding formula and CTE funding"
description: "Study community college funding formula and CTE funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 657"
citation: "Montana HB 657 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Colleges (see also: University System)", "Legislature", "Schools and Education", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)", "Statutory", "Interim Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a2c6097-a317-48c6-8435-560b7e08d5cb"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=657&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "3bf0c2be3dc017b120297e50d8fdddb4399e5e85b23d0609587400767dd392cf"
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 657 (2019) — Study community college funding formula and CTE funding

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0657_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0657_1.pdf)
2. **HB0657_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0657_2.pdf)
3. **HB0657_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0657_3.pdf)
4. **HB0657_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0657_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0657.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **80–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **81–19** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **80–19** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Draft Request Received
- **2019-03-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-11** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-03-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-11** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-11** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-12** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-03-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Hearing
- **2019-04-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-09** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-17** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** 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/2a2c6097-a317-48c6-8435-560b7e08d5cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).