---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program"
description: "Revise the Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "Montana SB 70 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shannon O'Brien"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 54
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-09-14T17:45:39+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-24T20:21:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e164b2b9-d6c7-4421-a55e-f5fd8ab661f1"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0354"
source_hash: "c998ce05c17d8389860cc3035abf7234fb543a4910350237be15f7828c848a87"
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 70 (2023) — Revise the Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0070.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3264)
2. **SB0070.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3263)
3. **SB0070001SCS12900.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10729)
4. **SB0070_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2000)
5. **SB0070_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1999)
6. **SB0070_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2001)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **17–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **59–37** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **75–25** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **43–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shannon O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-24T20:21:32+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-24T15:54:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14T21:45:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-14T16:43:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-07T17:20:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-05T23:06:33+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T23:06:32+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-29T20:38:02+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-27T22:52:15+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-27T20:32:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T14:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T14:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-16T20:10:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T20:03:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T19:38:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-13T21:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-13T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T20:15:41+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T19:43:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T23:57:21+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-03T21:14:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02T20:17:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27T22:38:45+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-27T20:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27T00:50:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T23:30:16+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-17T21:01:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17T20:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T20:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T19:57:31+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-11T17:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T22:00:55+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:10:34+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-29T00:27:28+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T23:15:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2022-12-21T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2022-12-21T22:48:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-21T20:51:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-13T19:43:17+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-13T19:43:16+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-04T19:00:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-04T17:56:52+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-03T21:52:54+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-03T21:52:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-10-27T20:35:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-10-20T20:24:59+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-10-19T17:59:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-10-19T16:08:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-14T17:45:39+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/e164b2b9-d6c7-4421-a55e-f5fd8ab661f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).