HB 553 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise military higher education act

HB 553, titled "Generally revise military higher education act," updates laws related to higher education for military members. It requires faculty at educational institutions to provide eligible students with a make-up opportunity for coursework, assignments, exams, or finals missed due to inactive duty training or annual training. Faculty must give at least 15 business days for students to complete this make-up work, consistent with accreditation requirements. The bill also defines "inactive duty training" and "annual training" to support these provisions, affecting members of the U.S. armed forces reserve components or the Montana national guard enrolled in higher education.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Signed May 8, 2025
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The bill text has been updated to reflect a new version of House Bill 553, which concerns training requirements for faculty members. The primary change involves the removal of the document's signature block and end-of-document markers, indicating that the bill is being revised for finalization or re-submission. No substantive policy changes, such as new funding, altered eligibility, or modified legal requirements, are present in this specific diff.
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Removed the signature line and 'END' marker, suggesting the document is being finalized or re-formatted.

Adjusted the title header to ensure consistent formatting for the bill number.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

482
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 15, 2025
D Democratic18
16 Yea 2 Nay
88% Yea
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
39
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 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (48-2)
senate
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (98-0-2)
house
Mar 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Education
lower
Mar 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Education
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of George Nikolakakos
George Nikolakakos
RRepublican
MT
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