republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-15.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Implement K-12 Inflation"
description: "Implement K-12 Inflation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 15"
citation: "Montana HB 15 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 54
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-07-14T21:32:35+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-06T20:03:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b21dbb4-ed8c-4ca4-9fc8-7498ab868794"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0015"
source_hash: "4893c9f6a759f843519f3919aa79f21b4713587f798849ff07a5207c8f11b2db"
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 15 (2023) — Implement K-12 Inflation

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0015_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2605)
2. **HB0015_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2606)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **83–13** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **83–14** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T20:03:17+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-02T23:59:32+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-01T16:19:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-01T15:35:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-28T21:35:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27T23:54:56+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-27T23:54:26+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-20T23:06:29+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-16T21:17:39+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-15T21:07:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14T20:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-13T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-09T22:00:28+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-06T21:46:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T20:52:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T21:43:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-01T17:35:03+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-30T22:00:14+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-25T20:35:28+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25T15:54:47+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T22:53:05+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-24T22:05:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-23T20:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T00:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T22:00:14+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-18T21:20:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T20:20:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-18T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T20:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T00:40:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T22:00:33+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-05T14:33:41+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-04T20:36:20+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-04T15:00:17+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-02T20:20:49+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:19:36+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:50:18+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T00:03:41+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-12T20:27:52+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-12T20:27:51+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-22T17:32:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-22T16:39:08+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-21T19:13:38+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-21T19:13:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-21T16:53:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-21T16:49:34+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-17T20:20:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-17T19:17:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-07T19:58:19+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-07-22T21:06:12+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-07-14T21:32:35+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/8b21dbb4-ed8c-4ca4-9fc8-7498ab868794`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).