republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-171.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise education laws related to residential treatment facilities"
description: "Revise education laws related to residential treatment facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 171"
citation: "Montana HB 171 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Institutions (see also: Dev. Dis.", "Persons With; Mental Illness)", "School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 60
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-20T17:53:46+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T21:57:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd9e0470-3357-4f60-9667-94783cfafbff"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1409"
source_hash: "b2b7bcc6dd9f0ca2d798ad58a580200636a3637bd4c4b616a01e06ff83e633fe"
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 171 (2023) — Revise education laws related to residential treatment facilities

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0171.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4221)
2. **HB0171.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4219)
3. **HB0171.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4220)
4. **HB0171.001.004_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4218)
5. **HB0171_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4225)
6. **HB0171_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4223)
7. **HB0171_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4224)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T21:57:28+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T15:31:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T15:56:40+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T15:56:04+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-29T22:25:46+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-29T20:35:40+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-28T21:32:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T19:24:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-20T20:32:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20T19:32:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-15T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-15T22:00:20+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-07T21:38:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T19:06:48+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03T20:12:45+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02T22:13:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-02T21:45:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T20:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T00:38:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31T22:00:59+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-26T21:52:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T20:33:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-26T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-20T17:15:04+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-19T20:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18T16:11:57+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T14:40:24+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-16T15:46:32+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-16T15:16:51+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-15T19:01:53+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-11T22:00:26+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-10T01:14:48+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-05T20:33:45+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-05T15:55:48+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05T00:59:43+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-04T17:56:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-04T17:55:58+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-04T17:55:57+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-03T21:28:00+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-30T17:34:41+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-29T21:30:22+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-29T21:30:16+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-29T20:44:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-29T19:53:39+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-29T03:35:58+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-29T03:35:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-28T20:08:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-28T18:50:18+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-28T13:35:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-27T23:43:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-20T17:53:46+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd9e0470-3357-4f60-9667-94783cfafbff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).