republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/hb-143.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide incentives for increasing starting teacher pay"
description: "Provide incentives for increasing starting teacher pay"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 143"
citation: "Montana HB 143 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 64
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-08-19"
last_action: "2021-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a6d97c0-eddf-4351-9255-8acddf20a18a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=143&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "10f91eade85575ac39cafbd7b068a15cfeecd1f2a286e87232bb8c8ed79f2324"
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 143 (2021) — Provide incentives for increasing starting teacher pay

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0143_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0143_1.pdf)
2. **HB0143_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0143_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0143.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **23–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-19** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-11** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-21** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-22** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-22** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-30** Draft Back for Redo
- **2020-12-30** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-02** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-06** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-06** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-06** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-07** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-07** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-07** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-08** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-18** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-21** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-25** Hearing - (H) Education
- **2021-01-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-02-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-04** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-02-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-02-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-19** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-02-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Returned to House
- **2021-02-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-01** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-02** Signed by President
- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-05** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-09** 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/2a6d97c0-eddf-4351-9255-8acddf20a18a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).