---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise special education funding"
description: "Revise special education funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 46"
citation: "Montana HB 46 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Developmental Disabilities", "Persons With (see also: Institutions)", "School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 58
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-08-13"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89715aff-ebb3-4599-a92a-104a430bfcd8"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=46&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "aadcd3be5ab0ba2add384b21f7e68869e8ca3c46a4d459eb2500fe50d84bdd2e"
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 46 (2021) — Revise special education funding

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0046_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0046_1.pdf)
2. **HB0046_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0046_2.pdf)
3. **HB0046_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0046_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0046.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **65–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **42–7** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **13–11** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **11–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **71–28** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-13** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-27** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-02** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-02** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Education `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-15** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-15** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-18** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-20** Hearing - (H) Education
- **2021-01-20** Tabled in Committee - (H) Education `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-01-21** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-26** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-26** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-26** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-24** Taken from Table in Committee - (H) Education
- **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`
- **2021-04-14** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Returned to House
- **2021-04-21** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12** 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/89715aff-ebb3-4599-a92a-104a430bfcd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).