---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise occupations and education laws for military license reciprocity"
description: "Revise occupations and education laws for military license reciprocity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 583"
citation: "Montana HB 583 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally", "Professions and Occupations A-D", "Professions and Occupations E-N", "Professions and Occupations O-Z", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barker"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 54
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-12-04T00:34:36+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:00:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cdcd8fa-d2dc-4794-bde6-b41b526a2c4e"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2766"
source_hash: "73f1d10e4c5587943097cff377c7c00a277faf9c8a6e7a6ceffe6c752d252534"
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 583 (2023) — Revise occupations and education laws for military license reciprocity

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0583.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9078)
2. **HB0583.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9074)
3. **HB0583.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9079)
4. **HB0583.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9076)
5. **HB0583.003.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9080)
6. **HB0583.003.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9077)
7. **HB0583.003.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9075)
8. **HB0583_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9082)
9. **HB0583_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9085)
10. **HB0583_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9081)
11. **HB0583_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9083)
12. **HB0583_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9084)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Barker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:00:49+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T16:07:00+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`
- **2023-04-24T21:47:18+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-24T21:47:17+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T20:13:40+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T19:27:00+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`
- **2023-04-19T19:52:00+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`
- **2023-04-14T22:18:43+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-13T19:56:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T14:15:59+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-11T22:45:01+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T22:45:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T20:45:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:11:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-03T22:23:21+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-03T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-20T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T15:10:48+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:57+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:19:51+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:20:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T21:51:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T23:38:21+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-27T23:07:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-26T22:16:06+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-24T15:00:20+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-16T20:31:46+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T17:54:41+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:10:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T01:46:53+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-14T23:30:16+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-11T00:27:00+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-10T15:49:27+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-10T15:49:20+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-09T21:24:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-09T19:38:43+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-09T19:22:43+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-09T19:22:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-09T17:49:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-09T16:29:12+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-06T23:56:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-06T14:43:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-30T21:42:40+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-22T00:19:32+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-12-07T21:16:33+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-12-04T00:34:36+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/1cdcd8fa-d2dc-4794-bde6-b41b526a2c4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).