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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise educational laws pertaining to recruitment and retention and MSDB"
+description: "Revise educational laws pertaining to recruitment and retention and MSDB"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 151"
+citation: "Montana HB 151 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Developmental Disabilities", "Education - K-12", "Education - Teachers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Connie Keogh"]
+version_count: 84
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 11
+first_action: "2024-08-28T13:19:06+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-19T21:28:59+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2ffb2cb-49ed-4e1b-b30e-20777e687cc1"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0043?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "bcd2ffbc47e2946dc331012cb39bd2b9307a382202dc0e3430d1201c5cf71ac0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
+---
+
+# Montana HB 151 (2025) — Revise educational laws pertaining to recruitment and retention and MSDB
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0151.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272347)
+2. **HB0151.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280723)
+3. **HB0151.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283135)
+4. **HB0151.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280722)
+5. **HB0151.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281822)
+6. **HB0151.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283136)
+7. **HB0151.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281820)
+8. **HB0151.002.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282434)
+9. **HB0151.003.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304396)
+10. **HB0151.003.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304397)
+11. **HB0151.003.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304732)
+12. **HB0151.003.002_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304733)
+13. **HB0151_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274024)
+14. **HB0151_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274078)
+15. **HB0151_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274082)
+16. **HB0151_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275522)
+17. **HB0151_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276566)
+18. **HB0151_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312187)
+19. **HB0151_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270291)
+20. **HB0151_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274086)
+21. **HB0151_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276056)
+22. **HB0151_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276748)
+23. **HB0151_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282272)
+24. **HB0151_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283110)
+25. **HB0151_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283111)
+26. **HB0151_2(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283112)
+27. **HB0151_2(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283113)
+28. **HB0151_2(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312186)
+29. **HB0151_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274090)
+30. **HB0151_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274091)
+31. **HB0151_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274096)
+32. **HB0151_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274099)
+33. **HB0151_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274100)
+34. **HB0151_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274101)
+35. **HB0151_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274102)
+36. **HB0151_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275523)
+37. **HB0151_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274084)
+38. **HB0151_3(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283115)
+39. **HB0151_3(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312188)
+40. **HB0151_3(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312191)
+41. **HB0151_3(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312348)
+42. **HB0151_3(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312349)
+43. **HB0151_3(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312350)
+44. **HB0151_3(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312351)
+45. **HB0151_3(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283162)
+46. **HB0151_3(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283173)
+47. **HB0151_3(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283174)
+48. **HB0151_3(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283175)
+49. **HB0151_3(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296883)
+50. **HB0151_3(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309573)
+51. **HB0151_3(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309576)
+52. **HB0151_3(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312185)
+53. **HB0151_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283114)
+54. **HB0151_4(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312634)
+55. **HB0151_4(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312635)
+56. **HB0151_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312357)
+57. **HB0151_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312636)
+58. **HB0151_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318339)
+59. **HB0151_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318410)
+60. **HB0151_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318411)
+61. **HB0151_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318431)
+62. **HB0151_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318438)
+63. **HB0151_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318467)
+64. **HB0151_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319429)
+65. **HB0151_X(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321050)
+66. **HB0151_X(18).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323237)
+67. **HB0151_X(19).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323238)
+68. **HB0151_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312639)
+69. **HB0151_X(20).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323239)
+70. **HB0151_X(21).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325057)
+71. **HB0151_X(22).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325515)
+72. **HB0151_X(23).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325516)
+73. **HB0151_X(24).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325517)
+74. **HB0151_X(25).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325551)
+75. **HB0151_X(26).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327220)
+76. **HB0151_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312640)
+77. **HB0151_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312641)
+78. **HB0151_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312643)
+79. **HB0151_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312644)
+80. **HB0151_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312645)
+81. **HB0151_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312646)
+82. **HB0151_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317096)
+83. **HB0151_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311096)
+84. **LC0043.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269412)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Not Concur — **72–27** (pass) · lower
+- Do Adopt — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Adopt — **94–6** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Adopt — **90–9** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
+- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **9–5** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- do_pass_as_amended — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Adopt — **47–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Connie Keogh — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-08-28T13:19:06+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2024-12-16T23:37:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2024-12-19T20:50:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2024-12-24T00:48:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2024-12-24T19:25:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2024-12-24T19:30:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2024-12-24T22:15:03+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-01-08T15:32:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-01-09T14:35:12+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-01-09T14:48:07+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2025-01-09T19:03:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-09T20:05:11+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-12T03:12:07+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
+- **2025-01-20T23:27:20+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2025-01-22T00:05:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2025-01-22T15:41:17+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2025-01-22T23:39:04+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-23T00:25:36+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-23T20:36:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-27T21:01:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-01-28T21:32:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-01-28T23:00:13+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-01-29T20:45:11+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-05T17:34:08+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07T21:09:25+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-02-13T14:40:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-02-13T22:59:03+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-02-14T22:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2025-02-18T19:38:05+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2025-02-21T17:12:16+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2025-02-22T15:51:20+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2025-02-24T17:55:19+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2025-03-20T20:39:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-21T20:22:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-21T21:48:50+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2025-03-26T19:32:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-28T19:20:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-01T19:41:24+00:00** (H) Hearing - Conference Committee on HB 151
+- **2025-04-07T17:49:32+00:00** (H) Conference Committee Report Received `receipt`
+- **2025-04-09T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-09T19:50:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10T18:00:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-11T21:29:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-11T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-12T00:15:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-12T00:45:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-14T13:36:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-05-02T17:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-05-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-05-07T15:03:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13T18:31:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-19T21:28:59+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2ffb2cb-49ed-4e1b-b30e-20777e687cc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+