---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws regarding Idaho college of osteopathic medicine program"
description: "Revise laws regarding Idaho college of osteopathic medicine program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 317"
citation: "Montana HB 317 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges", "Education - K-12", "Education - Post-Secondary"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 22
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-14T15:29:36+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T16:38:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/539380d2-e735-41eb-a95b-c69e35602111"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3261?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "ad8a659042007c04d54e73df3f2751061f7c0e419f4c74af7bdb68beebb20b34"
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 317 (2025) — Revise laws regarding Idaho college of osteopathic medicine program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0317_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274829)
2. **HB0317_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275614)
3. **HB0317_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276649)
4. **HB0317_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282632)
5. **HB0317_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299829)
6. **HB0317_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309715)
7. **HB0317_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309716)
8. **HB0317_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274570)
9. **HB0317_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312284)
10. **HB0317_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324801)
11. **HB0317_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326814)
12. **HB0317_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327021)
13. **HB0317_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312285)
14. **HB0317_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312448)
15. **HB0317_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312449)
16. **HB0317_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317085)
17. **HB0317_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320651)
18. **HB0317_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322086)
19. **HB0317_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322087)
20. **HB0317_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322088)
21. **HB0317_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310494)
22. **LC3261.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273531)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-14T15:29:36+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-22T15:53:22+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-22T18:11:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-22T19:19:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-22T20:20:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-23T00:49:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-24T15:44:52+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-27T15:07:37+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-27T15:49:35+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-27T17:23:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27T20:24:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04T00:50:47+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-02-07T22:41:50+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07T22:56:50+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10T20:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13T21:01:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-14T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-14T21:11:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-14T21:37:32+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-15T15:32:14+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21T17:54:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T17:51:17+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-03-19T18:48:56+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-03-27T21:41:56+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-03-28T21:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-10T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T22:30:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T22:08:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T22:15:43+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-17T05:40:42+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T19:00:35+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:32:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T16:38:22+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/539380d2-e735-41eb-a95b-c69e35602111`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).