--- type: "Bill" title: "Generally revise laws related to public charter schools" description: "Generally revise laws related to public charter schools" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 251" citation: "Montana HB 251 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Education - School Finance"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"] version_count: 14 action_count: 42 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-11T23:11:49+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-06T03:35:32+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd2de918-6cd1-4fff-8e6e-2e7a86f756a1" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1212?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "dfe55cb1bef7a0e8987c19f4c543e27fb40831abaa05a746c95c429dedd4be29" 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 251 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to public charter schools ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0251_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272745) 2. **HB0251_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275367) 3. **HB0251_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276416) 4. **HB0251_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299828) 5. **HB0251_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308263) 6. **HB0251_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308264) 7. **HB0251_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272382) 8. **HB0251_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316813) 9. **HB0251_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320389) 10. **HB0251_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324616) 11. **HB0251_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326072) 12. **HB0251_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327078) 13. **HB0251_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310873) 14. **LC1212.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270970) ## Votes - Do Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **12–3** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **87–13** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **14–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **85–14** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - David Bedey — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-11T23:11:49+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-01-10T19:42:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-11T16:59:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-13T15:34:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-15T04:15:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-16T13:13:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-16T15:58:06+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-17T16:28:28+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-17T20:06:01+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-01-17T20:19:05+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-01-20T17:21:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee` - **2025-01-20T20:18:35+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-22T20:44:42+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Education - **2025-01-22T21:58:33+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education - **2025-01-27T14:35:52+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-01-27T15:51:49+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-01-27T18:25:12+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-02-03T23:53:02+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage` - **2025-02-04T00:16:03+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` - **2025-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-10T21:12:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-11T21:40:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-11T21:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-02-12T20:18:10+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-20T18:43:00+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 - **2025-03-19T18:48:56+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources - **2025-03-27T21:39:57+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources - **2025-03-28T21:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources - **2025-04-09T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-09T00:12:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-10T18:10:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-10T19:59:49+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-11T12:25:35+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-18T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-22T13:30:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-01T21:04:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-06T03:35:32+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/cd2de918-6cd1-4fff-8e6e-2e7a86f756a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).