---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise education laws related to out-of-district attendance."
description: "Generally revise education laws related to out-of-district attendance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 250"
citation: "Montana HB 250 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Education - School Finance", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 35
action_count: 40
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-11-11T23:01:04+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T16:24:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48d66c8e-1962-48c6-b6b4-7978042596d8"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1211?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "94d82e8bfaa8551fd4c39161f51c63d62444c915d1ae12f3167417c10c56020d"
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 250 (2025) — Generally revise education laws related to out-of-district attendance.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0250.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297875)
2. **HB0250.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297871)
3. **HB0250_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272749)
4. **HB0250_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305092)
5. **HB0250_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275369)
6. **HB0250_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276418)
7. **HB0250_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280243)
8. **HB0250_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299827)
9. **HB0250_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300469)
10. **HB0250_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300470)
11. **HB0250_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300471)
12. **HB0250_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300472)
13. **HB0250_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272380)
14. **HB0250_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300474)
15. **HB0250_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309657)
16. **HB0250_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309659)
17. **HB0250_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300475)
18. **HB0250_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300476)
19. **HB0250_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300484)
20. **HB0250_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300498)
21. **HB0250_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300501)
22. **HB0250_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300502)
23. **HB0250_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303425)
24. **HB0250_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305141)
25. **HB0250_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300473)
26. **HB0250_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316943)
27. **HB0250_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320517)
28. **HB0250_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322070)
29. **HB0250_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322071)
30. **HB0250_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322072)
31. **HB0250_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324796)
32. **HB0250_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326068)
33. **HB0250_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327018)
34. **HB0250_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311037)
35. **LC1211.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270995)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-11T23:01:04+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-10T16:36:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-11T16:52:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-13T16:01:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-15T04:13:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-16T13:11:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-16T16:00:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-17T16:28:04+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-17T20:05:14+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-20T17:21:09+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20T20:18:35+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22T21:58:32+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-02-03T23:43:13+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T00:16:06+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T20:14:26+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T21:38:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-07T21:39:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-07T22:01:25+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-10T20:10:24+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20T16:42:04+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T17:51:16+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-03-19T18:48:55+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-03-27T21:38:12+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-03-28T21:29:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01T19:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T21:57:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T23:08:32+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-11T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:15:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:13:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:30:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-14T20:00:20+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T23:30:28+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T20:15:22+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:32:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T16:24:45+00:00** 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/48d66c8e-1962-48c6-b6b4-7978042596d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).