republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-549.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing establishment of public charter schools"
description: "Authorizing establishment of public charter schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 549"
citation: "Montana HB 549 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fred Anderson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 68
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-11-16T21:35:47+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T16:59:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b83313e-f8e5-4ae3-9e3e-220da69acf39"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1257"
source_hash: "08dcc876506fee0a0786708513ea6ac3a30003d652f62af831ea8938da2b1fd7"
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 549 (2023) — Authorizing establishment of public charter schools

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0549.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8681)
2. **HB0549.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8682)
3. **HB0549.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=57140)
4. **HB0549_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8685)
5. **HB0549_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8687)
6. **HB0549_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8686)

## Votes

- (S) Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process — **27–19** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **27–23** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–8** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **58–33** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **79–21** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concur Motion Failed — **8–42** (fail) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **6–5** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **11–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fred Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T16:59:32+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:02:25+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T18:40:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T17:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03T20:39:34+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03T20:39:33+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-01T17:12:03+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T23:32:28+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-28T21:38:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T20:15:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27T21:54:00+00:00** (S) Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26T21:21:01+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26T21:21:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concur Motion Failed `failure, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T20:53:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-25T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-24T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-20T21:59:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T19:38:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-19T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-17T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-03T17:27:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03T14:52:30+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T13:53:38+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-04-01T00:06:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T19:32:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T20:05:27+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-03-10T18:52:08+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-03-10T15:32:10+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-03-02T02:33:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T21:49:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T21:20:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T20:15:35+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-27T18:17:44+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-25T03:53:03+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-24T20:28:40+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-24T19:19:46+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-24T16:50:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T14:36:37+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-21T21:50:00+00:00** (H) Sponsor List Modified
- **2023-02-20T22:00:16+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-16T20:31:31+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T17:41:57+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T16:51:17+00:00** (C) Legal Review Note
- **2023-02-15T15:18:31+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-15T14:59:49+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-15T01:15:42+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-15T01:15:41+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-02-13T16:53:05+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-09T00:41:38+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-08T22:28:52+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-08T22:28:48+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-08T22:28:16+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-08T22:28:13+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-08T22:05:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-08T21:26:37+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-08T17:55:48+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-08T17:55:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-08T16:05:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-07T21:15:04+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-03T21:45:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-25T18:30:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-16T21:35:47+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/3b83313e-f8e5-4ae3-9e3e-220da69acf39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).