---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend the grow your own grant program"
description: "Extend the grow your own grant program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 499"
citation: "Montana HB 499 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Appropriations", "Colleges", "Education - K-12", "Education - Post-Secondary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thedis Crowe"]
version_count: 32
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-12-08T01:50:38+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-20T22:07:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14324da5-a104-4acb-8514-84e37345dbb1"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2328?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "8ce7120c516eef0d09f33915f281aafc410a03d442338bbd1017fc367ccb5070"
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 499 (2025) — Extend the grow your own grant program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0499.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300292)
2. **HB0499.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300283)
3. **HB0499_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282540)
4. **HB0499_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300726)
5. **HB0499_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300727)
6. **HB0499_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300728)
7. **HB0499_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300729)
8. **HB0499_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282147)
9. **HB0499_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300731)
10. **HB0499_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315116)
11. **HB0499_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300732)
12. **HB0499_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300733)
13. **HB0499_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300892)
14. **HB0499_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300893)
15. **HB0499_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300894)
16. **HB0499_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301142)
17. **HB0499_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305336)
18. **HB0499_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315113)
19. **HB0499_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300730)
20. **HB0499_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315118)
21. **HB0499_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325396)
22. **HB0499_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326558)
23. **HB0499_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317238)
24. **HB0499_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318015)
25. **HB0499_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318016)
26. **HB0499_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318017)
27. **HB0499_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320906)
28. **HB0499_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324365)
29. **HB0499_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325394)
30. **HB0499_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325395)
31. **HB0499_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315117)
32. **LC2328.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281161)

## Votes

- Take HB 499 from Comm-Webber — **27–23** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **27–23** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **62–36** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **15–8** (pass) · lower
- to_table — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **65–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thedis Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-08T01:50:38+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-11T19:52:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-11T20:50:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-11T21:37:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-11T23:39:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-11T23:41:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-11T23:55:41+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-12T19:07:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-13T21:41:16+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-14T16:42:17+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14T19:50:59+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T17:59:28+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-03-28T23:22:43+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-29T15:38:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T20:37:41+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T22:47:02+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-02T00:53:55+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T15:18:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-04T17:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04T20:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-05T15:03:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-05T15:46:20+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-04-07T19:13:37+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-07T19:22:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T21:48:30+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-14T19:53:48+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-15T16:52:21+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-16T01:37:30+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-04-17T19:39:00+00:00** (S) Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T21:35:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T21:13:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T21:14:16+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-25T21:12:51+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-06-02T19:00:08+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-06-09T19:00:38+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-06-10T19:50:23+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-19T20:21:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20T22:07:28+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/14324da5-a104-4acb-8514-84e37345dbb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).