---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws concerning fees for teacher and specialist certificates"
description: "Generally revise laws concerning fees for teacher and specialist certificates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 403"
citation: "Montana HB 403 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "State", "Schools and Education", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 61
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2022-11-20T17:54:40+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-23T18:45:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e91163c5-60e9-48be-b6ad-ca28f1ecabef"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1410"
source_hash: "b2a0b70eaa324b405c3bd526bfb973794b0f7f4c01b90a6f1c52dcfd4814e6e3"
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 (2023) — Generally revise laws concerning fees for teacher and specialist certificates

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0403.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12258)
2. **HB0403.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12256)
3. **HB0403.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12260)
4. **HB0403001SCH12559.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12257)
5. **HB0403_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12262)
6. **HB0403_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12261)
7. **HB0403_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12263)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **65–25** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **70–28** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **12–7** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **8–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- (S) Taken from Table in Committee — **13–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **70–26** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **70–29** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- (S) Tabled in Committee — **10–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-23T18:45:23+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-22T21:44:52+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T17:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-11T20:54:29+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11T20:54:28+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-03T20:32:32+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-03T02:35:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03T00:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T17:35:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-29T00:26:13+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-28T19:44:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T20:56:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-26T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-26T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-04-19T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-04-19T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-18T21:32:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18T20:33:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T22:31:22+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-13T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-12T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-05T17:59:19+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-24T14:56:45+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T19:17:50+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23T17:56:10+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-22T21:18:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T19:34:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T20:45:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T19:26:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T21:03:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T15:24:03+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-27T22:13:12+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-27T20:37:15+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-22T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T18:04:18+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-13T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-06T20:17:33+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06T18:20:53+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03T17:00:47+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-03T01:40:58+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-01T17:35:21+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-29T16:17:39+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-28T17:23:53+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-28T17:23:45+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-28T17:12:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-27T23:44:47+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-27T22:24:33+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-27T22:24:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-27T18:23:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-27T17:28:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-27T16:37:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-26T22:14:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-20T17:54:40+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/e91163c5-60e9-48be-b6ad-ca28f1ecabef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).