HB 294 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise laws relating to the adult basic education fund and its distribution.

HB 294 would have transferred administration of Montana's Adult Basic Education Fund from the Office of Public Instruction to the Department of Labor and Industry. This change would affect adult education programs in school districts, community colleges, tribal colleges, public libraries, and community organizations across Montana by shifting which state agency manages fund distribution. The bill amended existing law to specify the Department of Labor and Industry as the distributor of these funds, while adding a requirement to notify Montana's federally recognized tribal governments. The bill was withdrawn on February 25, 2025, and did not become law.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

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Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Feb 25, 2025

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What changed between versions

LC4232.pdf → HB0294_1.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from LC 4232 to HB 294.1 and updated with the primary sponsor's name, D. Bedey. The substantive content regarding the transfer of the Adult Basic Education Fund and the effective date of July 1, 2025 remains unchanged.

Scope change

None; the bill's scope and applicability are identical to the previous version.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC 4232 to HB 294.1.

Primary sponsor name 'D. Bedey' was added to the introduction section.

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Committee

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor

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Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors