---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise education laws related to data governance"
description: "Generally revise education laws related to data governance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 949"
citation: "Montana HB 949 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Employment and Labor (same as: Labor and Employment)", "Information Technology (see also: Communications)", "Privacy", "Schools and Education", "State Government", "University System (see also: Colleges)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 63
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2022-11-20T18:08:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T19:55:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/104c241c-5687-4475-88d4-9b6ec74e5c07"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1429"
source_hash: "b6f014a21e5d3a9a74eb2dffa5ae2d5e70d0725e58403e8f93e1717b02e5cee5"
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 949 (2023) — Generally revise education laws related to data governance

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0949.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12029)
2. **HB0949.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12024)
3. **HB0949.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12025)
4. **HB0949.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12027)
5. **HB0949.003.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12026)
6. **HB0949.003.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12028)
7. **HB0949_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12030)
8. **HB0949_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12033)
9. **HB0949_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12034)
10. **HB0949_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12032)
11. **HB0949_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12031)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **13–6** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **21–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **92–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) Taken from Table in Committee — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) Tabled in Committee — **11–8** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **39–9** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T19:55:02+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-22T17:39:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T17:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-11T21:15:25+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11T21:15:24+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-11T21:14:55+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03T20:36:51+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-03T02:30:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03T00:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T17:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T23:32:38+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-28T21:37:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T21:22:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T16:24:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-28T15:36:39+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-27T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-04-19T22:30:01+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-04-19T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-19T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T20:21:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T19:44:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T18:38:13+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-15T03:02:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-14T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-12T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-05T22:58:06+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T22:40:48+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04T20:46:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-04-04T19:50:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T16:37:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T20:28:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-31T00:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-30T20:35:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T20:05:40+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-30T19:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T23:33:07+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-29T21:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-29T19:27:04+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-03-28T19:17:57+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-28T18:19:30+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-28T18:02:30+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T23:31:30+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-03-27T17:12:46+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-27T14:31:00+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-03-27T14:30:56+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-25T20:00:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-03-25T18:35:11+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-03-25T18:33:23+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-25T18:33:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-03-25T17:05:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-03-24T22:05:12+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-03-22T14:20:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-03-22T00:39:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-05T01:04:12+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-11-21T17:17:26+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-11-20T18:08:53+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/104c241c-5687-4475-88d4-9b6ec74e5c07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).