# Montana HB 864: Authorize transfers and other necessary measure to implement HB 2 section E Montana HB 864, Authorize transfers and other necessary measure to implement HB 2 section E, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by David Bedey (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB864-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 864 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Authorize transfers and other necessary measure to implement HB 2 section E - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-25 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: David Bedey (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Appropriations, Appropriation Process, Money Transfer, State Finance, Education - Technical and Trades, Education - School Finance - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (421 yes, 77 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More aid for tribal college students: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, tribal colleges can receive up to $4,183 per eligible full-time-equivalent resident nonbeneficiary student each year. Payments depend on a line-item appropriation and are prorated by each school’s share of eligible students. To receive funds, a tribal college must be accredi… - School tech grants and maintenance protection: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the School Facility and Technology Account covers school technology and state debt service. When that account has enough to cover debt service and school major maintenance aid would be cut, the treasurer transfers enough to the maintenance aid account to stop proration. Also… - New rules for community college funding: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, the state changes how it funds community colleges. The adjusted base now excludes one-time legislative money and is multiplied by an inflation factor in the second year (capped at 3%). Funding uses weighted FTE by program category when projecting changes. A new FTE adjustmen… - Caps on new charter school costs: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, when approving new public charter schools, the Board of Public Education must limit the estimated extra state cost in the third year to the amount set in the appropriations act, if House Bill 251 is also law. If House Bills 251 and 2 are also law, the Board must ensure the e… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David Bedey (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Llew Jones (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-28 | House | Do Concur | pass | 85 | 15 | | | 2025-04-25 | House | Do Concur | pass | 97 | 3 | | | 2025-04-23 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 30 | 20 | | | 2025-04-22 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 29 | 21 | | | 2025-04-05 | House | Do Pass | pass | 89 | 9 | | | 2025-04-03 | House | Do Pass | pass | 91 | 9 | | ## Actions (30) - 2025-05-19: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-07: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-29: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-28: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-28: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-25: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-23: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-23: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-22: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Rereferred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-07: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-05: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-04-05: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-04-03: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-04-01: Committee Report (House) - 2025-04-01: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-27: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-27: Rereferred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-27: Hearing Canceled (House) - 2025-03-27: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-26: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-03-26: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-25: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-28: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=aad17733-d070-4fd4-9ad7-a1e0657b8813) - As Amended (Version 3), 2025-04-17: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=0a0bcaa6-2c2f-4b56-b594-c12ba001b523) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-04-02: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=1b9e8aa7-27d8-4875-b6d5-0841568b2b74) - Introduced, 2025-03-25: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=148f8dc6-2524-4f3a-9cb6-7695a19b0cc7) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=aad17733-d070-4fd4-9ad7-a1e0657b8813) - [As Amended (Version 3) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=0a0bcaa6-2c2f-4b56-b594-c12ba001b523) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=1b9e8aa7-27d8-4875-b6d5-0841568b2b74) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=148f8dc6-2524-4f3a-9cb6-7695a19b0cc7) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB864-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).