---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws relating to the state plan committee"
description: "Revise laws relating to the state plan committee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 823"
citation: "Montana HB 823 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Labor and Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barker"]
version_count: 36
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-09-09T20:57:08+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T19:42:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79124cce-a9cb-4b26-8215-5028a1656f57"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0211?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "74ab0b8e63ed87fe91bdbb419eee0750a0b135d2ff97c8ee151daf70cc73574e"
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 823 (2025) — Revise laws relating to the state plan committee

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0823.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291848)
2. **HB0823_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289199)
3. **HB0823_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292780)
4. **HB0823_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292781)
5. **HB0823_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292782)
6. **HB0823_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292783)
7. **HB0823_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288977)
8. **HB0823_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292786)
9. **HB0823_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293981)
10. **HB0823_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304317)
11. **HB0823_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309806)
12. **HB0823_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309808)
13. **HB0823_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292793)
14. **HB0823_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292806)
15. **HB0823_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292808)
16. **HB0823_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292810)
17. **HB0823_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292817)
18. **HB0823_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292819)
19. **HB0823_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292825)
20. **HB0823_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293967)
21. **HB0823_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292785)
22. **HB0823_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309810)
23. **HB0823_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322558)
24. **HB0823_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322559)
25. **HB0823_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324915)
26. **HB0823_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325659)
27. **HB0823_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309811)
28. **HB0823_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311026)
29. **HB0823_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311488)
30. **HB0823_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311489)
31. **HB0823_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311490)
32. **HB0823_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317026)
33. **HB0823_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320594)
34. **HB0823_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322557)
35. **HB0823_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309809)
36. **LC0211.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286725)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD-HB0823.001.001 Barker DO PASS — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Barker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-09T20:57:08+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-20T23:00:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-20T23:09:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-24T21:21:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-25T13:36:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-25T16:36:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-25T21:21:03+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-26T15:25:55+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-27T02:40:57+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-27T02:49:29+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-27T17:17:29+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T20:04:46+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T15:21:57+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-03-01T02:18:12+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T21:06:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T00:50:09+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-04T18:07:17+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-04T18:28:49+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-05T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T16:49:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T16:50:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T16:27:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T01:18:05+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19T19:55:51+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26T14:54:50+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-03T22:32:47+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-04T20:04:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T20:32:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T21:54:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T21:54:37+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-16T11:58:20+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T15:15:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:20:56+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:47:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-08T17:11:09+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T19:42:52+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/79124cce-a9cb-4b26-8215-5028a1656f57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).