---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate statutory reference to the adult basic education fund and its distribution"
description: "Eliminate statutory reference to the adult basic education fund and its distribution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 449"
citation: "Montana HB 449 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges", "Education - K-12", "Education - School Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 22
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-29T14:50:53+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-05T16:01:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7fd6f8f-3344-4386-804a-228b35d1ef97"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2078?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "6d5b1707a1b6a1b76d4c6e31581570ed648e80b5a83e11cbdc76c479568ac76d"
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 449 (2025) — Eliminate statutory reference to the adult basic education fund and its distribution

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0449_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280910)
2. **HB0449_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286868)
3. **HB0449_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299830)
4. **HB0449_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310162)
5. **HB0449_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310163)
6. **HB0449_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280715)
7. **HB0449_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310165)
8. **HB0449_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321496)
9. **HB0449_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321497)
10. **HB0449_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321498)
11. **HB0449_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324663)
12. **HB0449_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326483)
13. **HB0449_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310166)
14. **HB0449_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310354)
15. **HB0449_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310355)
16. **HB0449_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310364)
17. **HB0449_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310365)
18. **HB0449_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311098)
19. **HB0449_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316992)
20. **HB0449_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320561)
21. **HB0449_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310164)
22. **LC2078.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279484)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **45–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-29T14:50:53+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-29T14:50:53+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-31T23:09:38+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-04T23:49:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-05T16:32:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-06T14:20:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-07T05:59:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-07T22:57:26+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-10T15:32:12+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-11T15:18:15+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-11T15:33:23+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-11T15:34:57+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-11T17:39:29+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T20:01:28+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-14T19:11:03+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-02-18T22:00:18+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-18T23:54:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-19T17:53:57+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-20T18:31:09+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-20T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-22T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-22T18:41:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-24T22:10:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-24T22:29:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-03T18:24:11+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T17:51:18+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-03-19T18:48:57+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-03-27T21:43:21+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-03-28T21:32:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T17:46:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T17:56:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T17:57:02+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-15T16:19:05+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T22:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T13:30:44+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-05T16:01:19+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/c7fd6f8f-3344-4386-804a-228b35d1ef97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).