---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise education laws related to tuition and in-state treatment"
description: "Revise education laws related to tuition and in-state treatment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 206"
citation: "Montana HB 206 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Illness or Incapacity (see also: Institutions)", "School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 57
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-11-19"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7658b4ea-df0c-4c6a-92c8-0a040da2c6ac"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=206&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "70087da069476399703ffe119063fcc81692dce073dc8e2c4f85e47c392532c3"
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 206 (2021) — Revise education laws related to tuition and in-state treatment

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0206_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0206_1.pdf)
2. **HB0206_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0206_2.pdf)
3. **HB0206_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0206_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0206.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-19** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-19** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-19** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-03** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-03** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-03** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-06** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-08** Hearing - (H) Education
- **2021-02-18** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-23** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-23** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-24** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-04-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-04-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-04-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-14** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Returned to House
- **2021-04-19** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Signed by President
- **2021-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** 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/7658b4ea-df0c-4c6a-92c8-0a040da2c6ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).