---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise school laws to require trustees to adopt a grievance policy"
description: "Revise school laws to require trustees to adopt a grievance policy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 504"
citation: "Montana HB 504 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Naarah Hastings"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-05T17:59:01+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-27T18:13:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7f9ba31-4ca7-434f-bbe1-0110a55a5b63"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4137"
source_hash: "24866a8f829e186681f8cf4ed107054d422ad732935695f441f1b8621a9b7582"
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 504 (2023) — Revise school laws to require trustees to adopt a grievance policy

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0504.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8352)
2. **HB0504.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8353)
3. **HB0504.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8351)
4. **HB0504_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8356)
5. **HB0504_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8355)
6. **HB0504_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8354)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Naarah Hastings — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27T18:13:42+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T16:14:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-20T20:40:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18T15:42:26+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T15:42:25+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T15:27:42+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T22:18:37+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-13T20:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T19:26:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T14:15:54+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:40+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:18:59+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:10:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T23:58:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T21:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T20:06:35+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-24T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T15:23:45+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-17T22:00:37+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-14T20:15:21+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T15:51:53+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T17:14:32+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-12T23:24:36+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-09T15:50:13+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-07T22:27:42+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-07T15:40:09+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-07T15:40:05+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-07T12:48:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-07T01:40:58+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-06T21:27:19+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-06T21:27:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-06T19:37:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-06T17:38:20+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-03T17:37:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-02T19:15:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-14T14:27:45+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-05T17:59:01+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7f9ba31-4ca7-434f-bbe1-0110a55a5b63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).