---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to educating children receiving in-state inpatient treatment of serious emotional disturbances"
description: "Revise laws related to educating children receiving in-state inpatient treatment of serious emotional disturbances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 669"
citation: "Montana HB 669 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-11-11T22:54:33+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T15:13:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1a2320e-a588-4531-9f95-fb0643f040d5"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1207?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "535bc52a2b2cb50ea20084c090d1c7ada95aed55df60fa2228b3f71082f94929"
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 669 (2025) — Revise laws related to educating children receiving in-state inpatient treatment of serious emotional disturbances

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0669_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286031)
2. **HB0669_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293882)
3. **HB0669_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294110)
4. **HB0669_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294112)
5. **HB0669_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316292)
6. **HB0669_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316295)
7. **HB0669_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285957)
8. **HB0669_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316298)
9. **HB0669_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325165)
10. **HB0669_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325166)
11. **HB0669_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325167)
12. **HB0669_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326067)
13. **HB0669_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327463)
14. **HB0669_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317330)
15. **HB0669_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318262)
16. **HB0669_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318263)
17. **HB0669_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318286)
18. **HB0669_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318287)
19. **HB0669_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318288)
20. **HB0669_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320945)
21. **HB0669_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324399)
22. **HB0669_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316296)
23. **LC1207.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270446)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- to_table — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- to_take_from_the_table — **5–6** (fail) · upper
- Take HB 669 from Comm-Windy Boy — **26–23** (pass) · upper
- Take HB 669 from Comm-Windy Boy — **25–25** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-11T22:54:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-07T22:49:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-08T20:44:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-09T21:04:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-13T19:03:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-14T14:38:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-14T16:18:14+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-22T15:59:48+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-22T16:35:13+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T01:05:38+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-03-01T02:10:17+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T21:05:00+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`
- **2025-03-06T00:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T16:56:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:01:01+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T15:06:27+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T19:04:13+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-08T21:07:16+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-04-15T21:50:30+00:00** (S) Taken from Table in Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-16T20:52:00+00:00** (S) Motion Failed `failure`
- **2025-04-17T19:31:00+00:00** (S) Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23T00:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-23T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23T15:28:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-23T21:09:06+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-28T18:19:10+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T17:00:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06T20:00:43+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T19:17:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T15:13:27+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/e1a2320e-a588-4531-9f95-fb0643f040d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).