---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to the superintendent of public instruction"
description: "Revise laws related to the superintendent of public instruction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 181"
citation: "Montana HB 181 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officers and Employees", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda Reksten"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-18T15:59:11+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-14T22:01:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/140c3e27-a5bb-4c85-aa5c-f19cdeecc081"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1342"
source_hash: "8ff21e79c58e8bb0f1b851c703078a422a971871c90b04fe049cf875914dcd79"
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 181 (2023) — Revise laws related to the superintendent of public instruction

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0181.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4301)
2. **HB0181_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4303)
3. **HB0181_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4304)
4. **HB0181_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4302)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **69–30** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–8** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **67–31** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **9–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Linda Reksten — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-14T22:01:59+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-14T16:05:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-05T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:07:46+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T19:07:07+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T14:30:22+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-23T21:11:58+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-22T21:11:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T19:24:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T13:13:34+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T20:17:04+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31T18:39:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-30T21:33:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-27T20:52:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24T20:41:10+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-24T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T19:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-17T01:42:01+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-12T20:22:13+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12T18:24:10+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10T17:37:56+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-05T14:55:24+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-03T21:24:13+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-30T01:11:59+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-29T18:16:44+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-29T18:16:37+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-29T13:50:33+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-28T23:20:29+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-28T17:20:47+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-28T17:20:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-27T18:18:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-27T18:12:54+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-27T16:47:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-23T19:07:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-18T15:59:11+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/140c3e27-a5bb-4c85-aa5c-f19cdeecc081`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).