---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising education laws to provide a definition of \"financial literacy\""
description: "Revising education laws to provide a definition of \"financial literacy\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 535"
citation: "Montana HB 535 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braxton Mitchell"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 61
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-11-18T22:27:58+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T17:59:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7040e3c3-744d-4595-ba0f-c890638bb804"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1346"
source_hash: "be2d16f3d8f93cdac3b63568c91c6a72dd05a2d36ca09178fc429e0061d92de6"
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 535 (2023) — Revising education laws to provide a definition of "financial literacy"

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0535.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8551)
2. **HB0535.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8557)
3. **HB0535.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8554)
4. **HB0535.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8552)
5. **HB0535.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8556)
6. **HB0535.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8555)
7. **HB0535.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8553)
8. **HB0535_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8558)
9. **HB0535_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8560)
10. **HB0535_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8559)
11. **HB0535_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8561)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **87–11** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **66–32** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **59–41** (pass) · lower
- (H) Tabled in Committee — **9–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Braxton Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T17:59:08+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T23:12:00+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`
- **2023-04-26T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-24T21:42:14+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-24T21:42:13+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T20:13:23+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T19:26:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T19:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T21:48:13+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-11T19:35:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T19:22:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-03T22:21:52+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-03T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-22T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T23:04:15+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:08+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T21:34:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T16:54:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T21:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T15:10:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T15:07:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-01T00:45:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T23:17:00+00:00** (H) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-02-28T20:10:15+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-28T02:08:00+00:00** (H) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-02-22T22:00:24+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-16T20:33:23+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T20:07:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T20:47:01+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-14T20:26:25+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-13T19:25:39+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-07T21:39:17+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-06T23:33:09+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-06T23:33:04+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-06T20:32:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-06T19:39:44+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-06T17:46:30+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-06T17:46:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-06T17:12:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-06T00:41:02+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-03T17:35:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-02T18:58:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-02T18:23:22+00:00** (C) Draft Back for Redo
- **2023-01-31T17:35:16+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-31T17:35:09+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-30T21:35:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-30T19:09:05+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-30T00:23:16+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-30T00:23:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-29T20:33:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-29T02:45:48+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-27T18:51:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-25T21:13:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-18T22:27:58+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/7040e3c3-744d-4595-ba0f-c890638bb804`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).