republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-257.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise education laws related to advanced opportunities program"
description: "Revise education laws related to advanced opportunities program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 257"
citation: "Montana HB 257 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Courtenay Sprunger"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 64
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-12-01T16:14:26+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:53:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a58e1571-18d8-4685-be98-8b9438aee327"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1917"
source_hash: "1727ff4c30d4f18bb484db444974c5abfc39e434f8c064b9d33335ec549239e6"
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 257 (2023) — Revise education laws related to advanced opportunities program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0257.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6131)
2. **HB0257.001.002.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6132)
3. **HB0257.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6133)
4. **HB0257_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6136)
5. **HB0257_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6138)
6. **HB0257_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6137)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **88–11** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **88–12** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–8** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **20–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **87–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Courtenay Sprunger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:53:32+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:29:05+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18T00:17:42+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T00:17:41+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-12T22:30:42+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-12T21:48:01+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-11T21:10:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T19:27:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T22:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-04T01:56:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T21:00:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T19:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T18:22:58+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T20:41:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23T16:21:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-22T21:29:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T23:55:02+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-21T20:44:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21T17:21:21+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-02-20T15:25:34+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-16T00:13:16+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-15T21:13:05+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-15T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T22:00:07+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-06T21:55:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T20:39:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06T19:28:06+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-02T20:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T22:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T15:44:25+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-25T21:57:42+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-24T15:29:38+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-23T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-17T20:20:22+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17T18:34:22+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17T00:44:35+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-16T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Sponsor List Modified
- **2023-01-14T01:17:19+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-14T01:15:51+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-14T01:15:50+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-12T21:21:07+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-30T17:40:34+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-29T20:44:50+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-29T20:44:42+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-29T20:42:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-29T19:55:37+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-28T20:54:23+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-28T20:54:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-28T00:37:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-28T00:18:57+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-27T21:58:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-27T20:38:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-01T16:14:26+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/a58e1571-18d8-4685-be98-8b9438aee327`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).