---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise education laws related to Montana youth challenge academy"
description: "Generally revise education laws related to Montana youth challenge academy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "Montana SB 197 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffery W Welborn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-26"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73afd0b8-1158-47cb-8d76-73fae9772638"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=197&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "57318d5b25441b2ceb9a6f03d16b8892838a4399c6fab16f276878665a6fe146"
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 SB 197 (2019) — Generally revise education laws related to Montana youth challenge academy

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0197_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0197_1.pdf)
2. **SB0197_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0197_2.pdf)
3. **SB0197_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0197_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0197.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffery W Welborn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-25** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-25** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-26** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-26** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-26** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-28** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-28** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-28** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-29** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-11** Hearing
- **2019-02-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-16** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing
- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-03** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-04** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-04-04** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-15** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73afd0b8-1158-47cb-8d76-73fae9772638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).