--- type: "Bill" title: "Generally revise TRS laws on when retired teachers can return to work after retirement" description: "Generally revise TRS laws on when retired teachers can return to work after retirement" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 359" citation: "Montana HB 359 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Retirement"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jamie Isaly"] version_count: 15 action_count: 43 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-12-11T15:08:42+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-08T18:36:03+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e7ff620-2be9-4631-ab78-c5f4665448d3" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2786?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "54ff82ed556d6d336942595bd2e37c33049ccb6af41be39c99c1f9d5bb9dfd52" 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 359 (2025) — Generally revise TRS laws on when retired teachers can return to work after retirement ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0359_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277761) 2. **HB0359_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285201) 3. **HB0359_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301884) 4. **HB0359_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309821) 5. **HB0359_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309822) 6. **HB0359_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277449) 7. **HB0359_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316975) 8. **HB0359_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320546) 9. **HB0359_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322126) 10. **HB0359_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322127) 11. **HB0359_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322128) 12. **HB0359_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324815) 13. **HB0359_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326687) 14. **HB0359_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311081) 15. **LC2786.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269468) ## Votes - be_concurred_in — **8–1** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **45–3** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **93–7** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **19–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **93–6** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Jamie Isaly — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-12-11T15:08:42+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-12-17T21:44:41+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2024-12-18T20:44:20+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-12-18T23:05:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2024-12-20T16:41:01+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-12-20T21:03:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2024-12-20T21:06:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2024-12-26T22:58:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2024-12-27T14:59:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2024-12-28T13:50:41+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2024-12-31T22:47:29+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-29T18:19:19+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-30T21:48:33+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-01-30T21:52:16+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-01-31T18:55:36+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee` - **2025-01-31T19:51:25+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-31T22:04:21+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-02-03T20:56:58+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-02-03T23:35:42+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-02-04T21:56:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration - **2025-02-12T19:19:17+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage` - **2025-02-12T20:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage` - **2025-02-19T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-19T20:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-20T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-20T21:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-20T22:17:27+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-02-21T20:25:51+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-01T22:06:11+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee` - **2025-03-12T14:44:15+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration - **2025-03-31T22:58:40+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration - **2025-04-01T19:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-10T14:54:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-11T21:29:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-11T21:29:07+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-15T06:34:24+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-23T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-25T19:00:35+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-25T21:33:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-08T18:36:03+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e7ff620-2be9-4631-ab78-c5f4665448d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).