---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing K-12 special ed allowable cost payment"
description: "Increasing K-12 special ed allowable cost payment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 638"
citation: "Montana HB 638 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "School Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5354877-51c7-44d8-8695-f49378dbe2a2"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=638&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "c7173c6009b29f42e226ac58c22e4ed2d68d6a7b5f2c99e0923eb8492b1c7e1b"
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 638 (2019) — Increasing K-12 special ed allowable cost payment

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0638_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0638_1.pdf)
2. **HB0638_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0638_2.pdf)
3. **HB0638_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0638_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0638.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **39–9** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **87–8** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **92–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-22** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-22** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-27** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-27** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-27** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-27** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-27** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-27** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-27** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-27** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-27** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-01** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-12** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-12** Hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-03-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-14** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-15** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Hearing
- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Returned to House
- **2019-04-05** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-09** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5354877-51c7-44d8-8695-f49378dbe2a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).