---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create \"grow your own\" teacher grant program"
description: "Create \"grow your own\" teacher grant program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 403"
citation: "Montana HB 403 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Indians", "Schools and Education", "University System (see also: Colleges)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tyson T Running Wolf"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 54
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5667f257-c891-4a91-9d88-4a6fadf9b310"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=403&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "f8c732a8466d8da8dad6401284311d2ea1212bcb673a09032edbe3fc1124fe74"
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 403 (2021) — Create "grow your own" teacher grant program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0403_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0403_1.pdf)
2. **HB0403_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0403_2.pdf)
3. **HB0403_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0403_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0403.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **76–19** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **86–14** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **81–18** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tyson T Running Wolf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-27** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-27** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-27** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-29** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-29** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-01** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-02** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-09** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-22** Hearing - (H) Education
- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-09** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-25** Tabled in Committee - (H) Appropriations `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-03-30** Taken from Table in Committee - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-30** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-04-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-04-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Returned to House
- **2021-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-01** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-14** 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/5667f257-c891-4a91-9d88-4a6fadf9b310`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).