---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Montana digital academy laws"
description: "Revise Montana digital academy laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 749"
citation: "Montana HB 749 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 62
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-11-01T22:27:58+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:25:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c262b339-277c-4f3c-8588-36ecb41524e9"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0959"
source_hash: "fe32c3fe3ed4be871cd6a0e037fc5098cec7a958dfb8ef11730180ab213ef15e"
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 749 (2023) — Revise Montana digital academy laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0749.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10690)
2. **HB0749.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10689)
3. **HB0749.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10692)
4. **HB0749.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10691)
5. **HB0749_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10695)
6. **HB0749_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10694)
7. **HB0749_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10696)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Tabled in Committee — **0–19** (fail) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **13–6** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **36–13** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) Taken from Table in Committee — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **84–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:25:23+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:37:33+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T18:40:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T17:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03T20:45:16+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03T20:45:15+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-01T17:12:34+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T23:30:31+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-28T19:56:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T16:22:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-27T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-04-20T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-04-20T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-19T01:10:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T00:33:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-15T03:00:00+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
- **2023-04-04T23:16:10+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T19:36:15+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04T14:10:45+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-04-04T01:52:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T18:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T22:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T19:34:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T21:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-29T20:34:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T19:55:13+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-27T19:51:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-24T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T23:09:57+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-01T14:14:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-28T21:38:28+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-28T21:33:08+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-22T23:48:31+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-22T20:10:14+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-22T19:36:58+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T04:56:47+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-22T01:57:36+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-22T01:57:35+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-02-21T17:03:19+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-21T00:01:05+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-20T22:27:55+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-20T22:27:43+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-20T20:22:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-20T19:51:19+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-20T19:48:18+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-20T19:48:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-20T19:23:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-20T18:36:17+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-20T17:42:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-20T17:33:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-17T19:45:03+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-09T19:27:52+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-01T22:27:58+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/c262b339-277c-4f3c-8588-36ecb41524e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).