Generally revise laws related to homeschooling
House Bill 778 revises Montana's laws concerning homeschooling and nonpublic schools, affecting students, parents, and school oversight. The bill separates the requirements for home schools from those for nonpublic schools, establishing distinct criteria for each to qualify students for exemption from compulsory enrollment. Under the revised law, home schools must annually notify their county superintendent, maintain attendance records, provide minimum instruction hours, and offer an organized course of study. Nonpublic schools must meet similar requirements, including additional provisions for immunization records and building health and safety compliance.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 25, 2025
Signed May 19, 2025
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MINOR
The bill text was updated to remove redundant numbering and extra spacing in the requirements for home schools, streamlining the language without altering the legal obligations. The effective date section was also cleaned up by removing blank lines. These changes are primarily technical and formatting in nature, ensuring the document is cleaner and easier to read while maintaining the same legal standards for attendance records, instruction hours, facility safety, and course of study.
REQUIREMENT
Removed redundant numbering (e.g., '(1) (a)' changed to '(1)(a)') and extra blank lines to improve formatting and readability.
TIMELINE
Cleaned up the effective date section by removing unnecessary blank lines.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025
How they voted
50–0
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 22, 2025
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican32
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
9
Committee
6
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 22, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (50-0)
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 19, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (99-0-1)
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 26, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Randyn Gregg
RRepublican
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