---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise qualifications for teachers of adult basic education or high school equivalency programs at state correctional institutions"
description: "Revise qualifications for teachers of adult basic education or high school equivalency programs at state correctional institutions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 595"
citation: "Montana HB 595 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Education - K-12"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fiona Nave"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-06T20:14:36+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-05T16:51:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/561fc386-b1b6-4be3-a7ce-de2f723a545e"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0856?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "b2585f401d3dca81f039017c080a925049c5f954cf3bd4146f45b2ddfbbf15a6"
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 595 (2025) — Revise qualifications for teachers of adult basic education or high school equivalency programs at state correctional institutions

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0595_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285017)
2. **HB0595_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293848)
3. **HB0595_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294020)
4. **HB0595_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300196)
5. **HB0595_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311774)
6. **HB0595_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311779)
7. **HB0595_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284536)
8. **HB0595_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311783)
9. **HB0595_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321590)
10. **HB0595_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321591)
11. **HB0595_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324692)
12. **HB0595_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325998)
13. **HB0595_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327431)
14. **HB0595_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311784)
15. **HB0595_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312685)
16. **HB0595_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312686)
17. **HB0595_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312758)
18. **HB0595_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312759)
19. **HB0595_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317100)
20. **HB0595_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320665)
21. **HB0595_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321589)
22. **HB0595_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311781)
23. **LC0856.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282946)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **62–37** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **61–38** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fiona Nave — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-06T20:14:36+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-12T17:08:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-12T22:29:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-15T17:17:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-15T23:04:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-16T13:05:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-17T19:13:26+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-18T18:35:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-19T22:25:54+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-19T22:50:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-20T18:54:13+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T19:51:28+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-24T15:33:10+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-02-26T19:13:31+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-26T19:38:49+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T21:17:02+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-02-26T21:41:20+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-26T22:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T16:05:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:14:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14T23:34:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T09:28:06+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-28T13:44:36+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-28T21:42:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T19:22:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:13:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:13:46+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-17T18:42:44+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T23:00:32+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24T17:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-24T21:45:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-05T16:51:29+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/561fc386-b1b6-4be3-a7ce-de2f723a545e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).