---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise education laws to enhance local control and opportunities for pupils"
description: "Revise education laws to enhance local control and opportunities for pupils"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 246"
citation: "Montana HB 246 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marta Bertoglio"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-12"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3afb8f96-af27-4c0f-9d60-ec16d840f85d"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=246&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "d23cdc7a3d9c083a4ba5aec932aafa0e79a7349d11d97eacb4892eff6bfecf24"
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 246 (2021) — Revise education laws to enhance local control and opportunities for pupils

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0246_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0246_1.pdf)
2. **HB0246_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0246_2.pdf)
3. **HB0246_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0246_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0246.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Marta Bertoglio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-12** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-13** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-14** Draft Back for Redo
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-21** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-21** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-22** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-23** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-01** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-08** Legal Review Note
- **2021-02-08** Hearing - (H) Education
- **2021-02-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-26** Returned to House
- **2021-03-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-02** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-02** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Signed by President
- **2021-04-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-19** 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/3afb8f96-af27-4c0f-9d60-ec16d840f85d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).