---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish teacher residency program"
description: "Establish teacher residency program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 833"
citation: "Montana HB 833 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Colleges (see also: University System)", "Employment and Labor (same as: Labor and Employment)", "Schools and Education", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barker"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 60
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-04T00:27:54+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:31:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/735b5445-7b68-409a-bb1f-046d8d75a21d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2752"
source_hash: "38d93427fd4109d6a905a50e9881f1a53d3565be494317a0564cc6bdcc5efd11"
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 833 (2023) — Establish teacher residency program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0833.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11495)
2. **HB0833.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11493)
3. **HB0833.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11497)
4. **HB0833.001.003_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11492)
5. **HB0833.001.003_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11496)
6. **HB0833.002.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11489)
7. **HB0833.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11498)
8. **HB0833.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11494)
9. **HB0833001SCH17698.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11490)
10. **HB0833001SCH20712.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11491)
11. **HB0833_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11502)
12. **HB0833_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11500)
13. **HB0833_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11501)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **77–23** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **73–26** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **20–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **45–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Barker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:31:53+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:41:57+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T20:22:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:45:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-02T21:17:34+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02T21:17:33+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T22:22:26+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T22:02:58+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-27T19:37:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T21:24:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T20:51:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-25T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T19:41:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-19T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-19T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-05T23:01:32+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T22:40:27+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04T20:46:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-04-04T19:57:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T19:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T21:29:00+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
- **2023-03-29T20:37:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T20:31:22+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-27T19:51:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-24T21:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-24T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-23T19:33:37+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-03-22T23:45:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-03-21T19:38:22+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-03-19T16:55:51+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-16T19:16:32+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16T17:40:30+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T22:25:12+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-14T21:50:28+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-03-14T21:49:07+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-03-14T21:49:06+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-03-13T18:51:25+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-03-09T19:59:35+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-09T16:22:40+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-03-09T16:22:35+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-03T20:27:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-03-03T18:37:07+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-03-03T17:18:19+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-03T17:18:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-03-03T17:16:41+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-03T17:16:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-03-02T22:08:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-03-02T02:58:42+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-24T17:39:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-14T02:46:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-04T00:27:54+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/735b5445-7b68-409a-bb1f-046d8d75a21d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).