---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise TEACH Act incentives to increase starting teacher salary"
description: "Revise TEACH Act incentives to increase starting teacher salary"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 588"
citation: "Montana HB 588 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "School Finance", "Schools and Education", "Securities and Securities Regulation", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 59
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-07-26T18:25:51+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T17:03:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b37b8d8-a930-47ed-a2a5-e1c3968780b2"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0113"
source_hash: "e886a5134cf9428dcffc465e8d06e127d3aa4c2277f4bd8ae0e31a9beac0d4d3"
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 588 (2023) — Revise TEACH Act incentives to increase starting teacher salary

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0588_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9130)
2. **HB0588_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9131)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **46–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T17:03:02+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:09:28+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-02T21:12:44+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02T21:12:43+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T22:01:23+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T18:27:41+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-26T22:39:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25T20:54:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-25T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-19T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-19T01:09:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T00:30:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-15T02:59:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-14T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-14T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-24T14:58:03+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T19:17:53+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23T17:56:20+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-22T21:20:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T20:07:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20T14:30:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T21:00:45+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-02T02:27:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:16:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T21:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T22:00:28+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T01:34:46+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-20T19:51:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-20T15:23:01+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-16T20:31:49+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T17:55:29+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T14:58:26+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-16T05:13:23+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T02:04:19+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-16T02:04:18+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-02-15T18:08:32+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-14T19:03:04+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T14:43:26+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-14T14:43:22+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-13T23:51:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-13T18:19:44+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-12T21:06:42+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-12T21:06:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-12T16:21:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-12T00:37:12+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-09T19:29:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-09T18:37:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-05T17:12:47+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2023-01-22T19:16:00+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-07-26T18:25:51+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/9b37b8d8-a930-47ed-a2a5-e1c3968780b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).