---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to homeschooling"
description: "Generally revise laws related to homeschooling"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 778"
citation: "Montana HB 778 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - K-12"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randyn Gregg"]
version_count: 21
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-17T17:30:43+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T20:51:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb174bc9-bcfa-46fa-a2ec-8df1358d9c9f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3162?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "f6910459fbdc54e06f0fe2c5c529133e1f73f913811310431645049fd9b706f0"
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 778 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to homeschooling

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0778_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288467)
2. **HB0778_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293948)
3. **HB0778_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294009)
4. **HB0778_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306831)
5. **HB0778_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315444)
6. **HB0778_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315445)
7. **HB0778_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287658)
8. **HB0778_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315447)
9. **HB0778_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325237)
10. **HB0778_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326758)
11. **HB0778_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327763)
12. **HB0778_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317291)
13. **HB0778_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318141)
14. **HB0778_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318142)
15. **HB0778_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320928)
16. **HB0778_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324385)
17. **HB0778_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325234)
18. **HB0778_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325235)
19. **HB0778_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325236)
20. **HB0778_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315446)
21. **LC3162.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286178)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randyn Gregg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-17T17:30:43+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-20T18:31:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-20T18:54:26+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-22T22:46:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-23T22:17:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-23T22:36:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T18:15:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-25T00:21:03+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-25T21:16:22+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-26T17:19:28+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T20:05:50+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T15:21:56+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-03-01T02:14:23+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T21:06:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T01:19:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:36:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:51:39+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19T19:07:03+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T19:04:15+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-08T21:07:50+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-09T00:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T19:13:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T21:26:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T21:26:10+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-28T14:25:33+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T17:30:49+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`
- **2025-05-13T19:26:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T20:51:44+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/bb174bc9-bcfa-46fa-a2ec-8df1358d9c9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).