---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for alternative teacher credentialing"
description: "Provide for alternative teacher credentialing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 373"
citation: "Montana SB 373 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools and Education", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Salomon"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 56
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-01T22:11:46+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-09T17:03:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48a6caea-5f22-4bde-83b0-158733760829"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0953"
source_hash: "f889b7680fb3e6ec479ecccc8357abbee2725cb563a19af14925669d62d62981"
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 SB 373 (2023) — Provide for alternative teacher credentialing

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0373.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7680)
2. **SB0373.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7678)
3. **SB0373.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7679)
4. **SB0373.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7677)
5. **SB0373001SCS12559.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7636)
6. **SB0373002SCS12559.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7635)
7. **SB0373_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7606)
8. **SB0373_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7605)
9. **SB0373_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7603)
10. **SB0373_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7604)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **69–30** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **75–22** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **46–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel Salomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-09T17:03:58+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-08T20:26:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01T17:40:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T00:10:28+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T00:10:27+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-11T23:30:39+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-11T19:27:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T20:18:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T00:13:37+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2023-04-05T21:46:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T21:35:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:01+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T20:05:04+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-21T19:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-20T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T21:45:28+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T21:04:50+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:18:10+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-02T15:59:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T17:43:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23T22:44:04+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-23T20:14:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T18:52:42+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-20T23:27:34+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-20T22:00:37+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-20T14:49:21+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-02-20T13:56:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-16T20:22:22+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T14:24:27+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T23:55:32+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-15T23:50:32+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-15T23:48:25+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-15T21:19:28+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-14T21:19:39+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T15:12:40+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-14T15:12:35+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T00:48:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-13T23:41:54+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-13T22:56:35+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-13T22:56:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-13T17:05:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-13T17:01:10+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-10T20:50:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-10T20:19:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-01T17:18:47+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-11-02T14:28:44+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-11-01T22:11:46+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/48a6caea-5f22-4bde-83b0-158733760829`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).