---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require school trustees to admit resident children on a part-time basis"
description: "Require school trustees to admit resident children on a part-time basis"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "Montana HB 396 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Naarah Hastings"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 61
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-09-01T16:14:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:24:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/116b1522-de78-4fcc-866d-9e874abfa3bd"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0290"
source_hash: "ddde8a7802f147cb630b17f87384280d8181a7db73ffb7efb080b9106fdc74db"
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 396 (2023) — Require school trustees to admit resident children on a part-time basis

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0396.001.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8140)
2. **HB0396.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8139)
3. **HB0396.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8141)
4. **HB0396_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8145)
5. **HB0396_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8146)
6. **HB0396_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8144)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Naarah Hastings — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:24:27+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:47:50+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-23T19:02:19+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-23T19:02:18+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T15:17:14+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T02:29:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-18T21:47:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T20:17:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-14T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-14T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-12T20:01:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12T19:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T19:31:56+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T17:27:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01T00:10:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-28T23:48:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T20:59:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T17:50:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T16:00:59+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-24T23:45:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24T21:05:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21T21:09:17+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-21T20:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17T22:26:47+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-17T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17T19:21:28+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-17T14:48:48+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-16T00:14:34+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-14T14:42:11+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-13T22:49:37+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-11T23:16:25+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-10T23:40:59+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-08T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-06T20:17:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06T18:19:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03T16:55:58+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-03T14:52:51+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-03T01:35:19+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-01T22:42:25+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-29T16:19:12+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-28T17:26:06+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-28T17:25:58+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-28T17:08:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-27T20:15:20+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-27T16:46:37+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-27T16:46:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-22T01:58:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-21T22:26:26+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-21T21:41:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-12T16:09:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-01T16:14:53+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/116b1522-de78-4fcc-866d-9e874abfa3bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).