republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-214.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise education laws related to remote instruction"
description: "Revise education laws related to remote instruction"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 214"
citation: "Montana HB 214 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marta Bertoglio"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 55
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-10-17T20:42:12+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:56:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6c1e46c-5d58-430d-9170-85f16393c64a"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0733"
source_hash: "380de276dd3c099e9fce7d5f1a6c7c745c40a59fa546b19f6d946cad16b438ca"
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 214 (2023) — Revise education laws related to remote instruction

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0214.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5612)
2. **HB0214.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full (1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5614)
3. **HB0214.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5617)
4. **HB0214.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5613)
5. **HB0214.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5611)
6. **HB0214.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5616)
7. **HB0214.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5615)
8. **HB0214_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5620)
9. **HB0214_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5621)
10. **HB0214_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5622)
11. **HB0214_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5619)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **92–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **96–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marta Bertoglio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:56:55+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:26:46+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26T21:47:05+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26T21:47:04+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-21T22:03:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-21T21:18:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T21:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T15:25:15+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-12T19:46:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T22:48:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T20:45:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-06T19:02:52+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-24T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T16:25:59+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T20:21:04+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01T14:04:45+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-31T22:12:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T20:43:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-26T21:23:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-25T23:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25T23:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16T22:00:51+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-16T18:34:01+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-16T14:36:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-13T14:36:30+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-12T21:45:30+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-10T20:12:12+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-10T20:08:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10T17:59:14+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09T15:38:09+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-09T15:37:27+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-09T15:37:26+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-05T19:35:46+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-04T17:28:18+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-03T17:31:02+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-03T17:30:56+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-02T23:51:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-02T16:38:43+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-30T22:40:28+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-30T22:40:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-30T17:35:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-29T22:43:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-29T20:57:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-29T20:28:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-15T21:15:04+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-11-29T19:07:54+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-10-17T20:42:12+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/b6c1e46c-5d58-430d-9170-85f16393c64a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).