---
type: "Bill"
title: "Address recruitment and retention of K-12 quality educators"
description: "Address recruitment and retention of K-12 quality educators"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 211"
citation: "Montana HB 211 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Revenue", "State", "School Finance", "Schools and Education", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 70
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-09-13"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d79af71d-11a0-409e-90bc-d2965b3522d2"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=211&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "b5bdcf123c798ba33b4991550d45b918addbbfa5d57e1c1ff0d9f77d699937ca"
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 211 (2019) — Address recruitment and retention of K-12 quality educators

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0211_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0211_1.pdf)
2. **HB0211_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0211_2.pdf)
3. **HB0211_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0211_3.pdf)
4. **HB0211_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0211_4.pdf)
5. **HB0211_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0211_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0211.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **85–14** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Regier D/PASS — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **92–7** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **87–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **84–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur As Amended — **43–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-09-13** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-29** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-12-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-29** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-31** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-02** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-02** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-01-04** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-07** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-07** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-25** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-25** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-01-28** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-28** Hearing
- **2019-02-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-18** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-18** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-18** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Hearing
- **2019-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-23** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Hearing
- **2019-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-28** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-29** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-04-01** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-04-05** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-10** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-11** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d79af71d-11a0-409e-90bc-d2965b3522d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).