republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-21.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising process for adoption of school accreditation standards"
description: "Revising process for adoption of school accreditation standards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 21"
citation: "Montana HB 21 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-09-19T15:05:54+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-23T21:31:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c79ac94-b1ba-49f1-b3f9-0b3e9ce214c3"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0448"
source_hash: "a7a97ca4b48a47d21d5d6ac3113062380a7371227ed15bbfea15ac6c0149404c"
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 21 (2023) — Revising process for adoption of school accreditation standards

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0021.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2668)
2. **HB0021.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2669)
3. **HB0021_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2670)
4. **HB0021_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2671)
5. **HB0021_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2672)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23T21:31:29+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-23T21:03:16+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-14T21:50:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T21:10:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08T21:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-01T19:25:00+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-01T18:41:18+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-21T22:53:37+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-21T21:39:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T20:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-10T22:11:52+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-02-09T21:40:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T20:58:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31T20:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-01-31T18:20:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-31T02:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-01-29T23:23:16+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-23T22:00:33+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-16T20:18:45+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16T18:40:25+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16T18:39:57+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-13T20:46:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-12T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-10T20:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T22:00:41+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:21:42+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-19T23:27:18+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-11-30T17:46:12+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-28T22:03:33+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-16T22:20:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-16T22:17:21+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-02T20:51:48+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-02T20:51:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-10-25T22:02:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-09-29T17:18:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-09-26T19:02:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-09-21T22:54:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-19T15:05:54+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/5c79ac94-b1ba-49f1-b3f9-0b3e9ce214c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).