---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish annual combined meeting of the board of education"
description: "Establish annual combined meeting of the board of education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 531"
citation: "Montana HB 531 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges (see also: University System)", "Schools and Education", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Brockman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-08T22:22:10+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T16:54:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/837d2c12-c31d-492c-a4d8-4ca921623fcd"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3463"
source_hash: "980f1f974fefa0a16c50bee71e35ef6d1d907c1b088caf7303b8cb789123075e"
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 531 (2023) — Establish annual combined meeting of the board of education

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0531_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8536)
2. **HB0531_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8535)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tony Brockman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T16:54:12+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T16:00:00+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`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-06T22:28:21+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-06T20:31:21+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-04T02:01:54+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-03T23:40:57+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-31T19:24:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T19:47:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:05:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-20T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T14:16:27+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:43+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:19:06+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:11:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T15:45:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T21:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T22:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T22:00:54+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-15T20:19:23+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15T19:28:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T17:52:25+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-14T16:29:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-14T00:15:06+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-13T19:20:29+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-11T21:18:59+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-11T21:18:55+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-10T22:48:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-10T19:45:48+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-10T16:22:06+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-10T16:22:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-10T03:43:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-10T03:16:37+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-08T16:18:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-08T02:50:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-07T19:50:59+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-08T22:22:10+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/837d2c12-c31d-492c-a4d8-4ca921623fcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).