---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the Family Education Savings Act"
description: "Revise the Family Education Savings Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 129"
citation: "Montana HB 129 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools and Education", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-09-17"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/535f2142-92df-4a98-85f4-ab2a0f3c04d2"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=129&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "095ed361f83909211712e9d88547a9243dd061cd662a71273d86aeef78aefb28"
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 129 (2021) — Revise the Family Education Savings Act

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0129_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0129_1.pdf)
2. **HB0129_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0129_2.pdf)
3. **HB0129_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0129_3.pdf)
4. **HB0129_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0129_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0129.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **69–27** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **14–4** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **57–43** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **61–38** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-17** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-30** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-02** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-04** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-05** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-07** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-07** Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-07** First Reading - (H) Taxation `reading-1`
- **2021-01-07** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-14** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-14** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-14** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-19** Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2021-01-19** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2021-02-16** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-22** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-22** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-22** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Taxation
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Taxation
- **2021-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-26** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-12** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-13** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-15** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-15** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by President
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/535f2142-92df-4a98-85f4-ab2a0f3c04d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).