---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate certification standards and practices advisory council"
description: "Eliminate certification standards and practices advisory council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 231"
citation: "Montana HB 231 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools and Education", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Ler"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-03T18:48:21+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T17:47:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f349ef3-8767-42f9-b51e-68e056ab21e0"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2278"
source_hash: "166826088bedea3c0f9aa840cf50d1e4407bc64fc49abb2e5a3eeb6afe822d08"
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 231 (2023) — Eliminate certification standards and practices advisory council

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0231.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5904)
2. **HB0231.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5905)
3. **HB0231_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5909)
4. **HB0231_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5907)
5. **HB0231_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5908)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **66–34** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **64–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandon Ler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T17:47:14+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T22:55:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-22T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T22:14:17+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19T22:14:16+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T01:38:39+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T00:46:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:59:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T21:16:26+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-05T19:53:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T19:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-30T18:57:58+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-24T18:56:26+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-22T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T16:26:42+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T20:21:07+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01T14:04:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-31T22:15:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T21:20:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-26T20:09:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T00:50:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-20T15:04:21+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-19T21:31:58+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-19T15:55:45+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-13T20:10:44+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-13T17:05:31+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12T17:43:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-12T15:23:34+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-12T14:56:03+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-12T14:56:02+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-11T17:04:38+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-10T17:09:03+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-09T16:25:40+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-09T16:25:34+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-07T16:50:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-06T16:15:50+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-03T21:14:10+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-03T21:14:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-03T18:28:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-03T18:26:51+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-03T15:09:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-02T23:05:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-03T18:48:21+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/7f349ef3-8767-42f9-b51e-68e056ab21e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).