---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise transformational learning laws to create a phase II grant program"
description: "Revise transformational learning laws to create a phase II grant program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 573"
citation: "Montana HB 573 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Education - School Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-16T22:05:58+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T19:20:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31d4acf6-c534-4d76-9951-b2e7fb56033d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1524?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "07b5e53349a956768baa31d3608ca20cb7524a965862e05257f8ea0923c1554a"
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 573 (2025) — Revise transformational learning laws to create a phase II grant program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0573_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284403)
2. **HB0573_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293838)
3. **HB0573_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293988)
4. **HB0573_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299831)
5. **HB0573_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311746)
6. **HB0573_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311747)
7. **HB0573_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284058)
8. **HB0573_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311750)
9. **HB0573_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320663)
10. **HB0573_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322167)
11. **HB0573_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322168)
12. **HB0573_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322169)
13. **HB0573_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324828)
14. **HB0573_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326252)
15. **HB0573_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311751)
16. **HB0573_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312648)
17. **HB0573_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312649)
18. **HB0573_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312650)
19. **HB0573_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312662)
20. **HB0573_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312665)
21. **HB0573_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312666)
22. **HB0573_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317098)
23. **HB0573_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311748)
24. **LC1524.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282973)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **92–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-16T22:05:58+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-13T17:16:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-13T21:41:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-15T18:22:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-15T22:51:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-16T13:20:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-17T19:19:41+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-18T19:00:53+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-19T14:42:27+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-19T14:49:40+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-19T19:27:34+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T19:52:09+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21T17:25:53+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-02-26T16:24:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-26T18:25:02+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-27T16:20:51+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-01T01:40:27+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T21:03:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T01:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T16:59:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14T23:31:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T18:48:58+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-03-27T21:46:48+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-03-28T21:37:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T17:22:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:12:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:12:39+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-17T18:30:57+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-24T23:00:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T18:15:35+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:33:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T19:20:05+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/31d4acf6-c534-4d76-9951-b2e7fb56033d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).