HB 338 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise laws regarding targeted early numeracy intervention

HB 338 revises Montana laws related to early education interventions for students. The bill expands the focus of these targeted support programs to include early numeracy (math skills) in addition to early literacy (reading skills). It also provides greater flexibility in evaluating children to determine their eligibility for these interventions and updates related reporting requirements.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Signed May 8, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB0338_X.pdf HB0338_X(1).pdf · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text shows a minor formatting adjustment where a line break was removed from the list of amended sections, consolidating the list of affected statutes onto a single line. This change does not alter the substantive policy, scope, or legal requirements of the bill.
TECHNICAL

Removed a line break in the header text to consolidate the list of amended sections (20-7-1801 through 20-9-311) onto one line.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 11, 2025 · House Feb 18, 2025

How they voted

3216
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 11, 2025
D Democratic18
17 Yea 1
94% Yea
R Republican32
15 Yea 16 Nay 1
50% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 11, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-16-2)
senate
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Mar 1, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Feb 18, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (99-0-1)
house
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Education
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Education
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
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Melissa Romano
DDemocratic
MT
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