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HB 864 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Authorize transfers and other necessary measure to implement HB 2 section E

House Bill 864 implements provisions related to education funding and administration across various institutions. It expands the use of the School Facility and Technology Account, allowing excess funds to be transferred to the School Major Maintenance Aid Account to prevent aid reductions for schools. For community colleges, the bill revises definitions and mechanisms for calculating state general fund appropriations, incorporating inflationary adjustments and changes in full-time equivalent (FTE) student numbers. It also increases payments for resident nonbeneficiary students at tribal colleges and mandates a study on interlibrary resource sharing programs and the Office of Public Instruction.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesPrevents school funding reductions by transferring excess funds between accounts, maintaining essential education appropriations per bill's implementation of HB 2 section E.95% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationPrevents school aid reductions by transferring excess funds to maintenance accounts and includes inflation adjustments for community college funding, directly protecting educational resources.92% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Signed May 19, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB0864_X(2).pdf → HB0864_X(3).pdf · 1 edit
MINOR
The legislative text shows a minor formatting adjustment where a period was removed from the end of a sentence regarding the bill's termination date. This change does not alter any substantive policy, legal requirements, or effective dates.
TECHNICAL

A trailing period was removed from the phrase 'AND A TERMINATION DATE.' in the bill text.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 23, 2025 · House Apr 28, 2025

How they voted

30–20
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 23, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
12 Yea 20 Nay
62% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
46
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Amendments
1
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 28, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (85-15)
house
Apr 23, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (30-20)
senate
Apr 23, 2025
Introduced
(S) Returned to House with Amendments
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
(S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Appropriations
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Dave Bedey
Dave Bedey
RRepublican
MT
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