republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-36.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising school funding laws related to enrollment increases"
description: "Revising school funding laws related to enrollment increases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 36"
citation: "Montana HB 36 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 60
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-09-19T15:07:35+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-26T15:21:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59758384-da8a-48ac-872c-6673cd4aea38"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0450"
source_hash: "e76c4e946c02d2495591e001dbb52ef6f8e6652fdbae543001cadecb7e193345"
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 36 (2023) — Revising school funding laws related to enrollment increases

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0036_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2783)
2. **HB0036_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2784)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **14–5** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **83–15** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **80–19** (pass) · lower
- (H) Tabled in Committee — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–10** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **40–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-26T15:21:32+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-25T15:21:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-20T20:40:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18T00:19:20+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T00:19:19+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-12T22:30:33+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-12T21:47:55+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-11T19:27:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T19:26:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T22:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-04T01:55:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T20:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T19:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-21T16:08:09+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-15T13:19:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T16:29:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02T02:29:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-02T02:19:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T22:27:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T21:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T16:11:00+00:00** (H) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-01-20T21:22:26+00:00** (H) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-01-19T22:00:26+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-18T21:20:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T20:40:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-18T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T20:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T00:41:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T22:00:46+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-05T18:05:20+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-05T01:32:08+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-04T23:52:19+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-04T23:00:00+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-04T13:40:54+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-03T21:53:53+00:00** (H) Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-03T21:40:00+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-01-03T15:31:40+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-02T20:24:40+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T14:57:03+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T20:39:11+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T19:14:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-05T23:15:46+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-05T23:15:45+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-12-02T22:21:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-02T20:37:26+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-01T19:27:55+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-01T19:27:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-16T22:13:33+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-08T21:55:42+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-10-26T14:24:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-10-25T22:38:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-19T15:07:35+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/59758384-da8a-48ac-872c-6673cd4aea38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).