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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Repeal ending fund balance limits for school district funds"
+description: "Repeal ending fund balance limits for school district funds"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 32"
+citation: "Montana HB 32 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sue Vinton"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-08-13"
+last_action: "2021-04-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d3aab92-2025-46e1-8e47-a9e4c1bb462c"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=32&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "5d24b3dc621493184e47336c0b73af6ffafee00ac87451586e12cc322da8faf1"
+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 32 (2021) — Repeal ending fund balance limits for school district funds
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0032_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0032_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0032_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0032_X.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0032.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sue Vinton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-08-13** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-09-30** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2020-10-26** Draft in Edit
+- **2020-11-09** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2020-11-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2020-11-24** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2020-11-24** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2020-11-25** Executive Director Review
+- **2020-11-25** Draft in Assembly
+- **2020-11-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2020-11-25** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2020-11-27** Draft in Assembly
+- **2020-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2020-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2020-12-23** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Education `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-12** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2021-01-13** Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2021-01-13** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2021-01-13** Hearing - (H) Education
+- **2021-01-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-01-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-01-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-01-25** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-01** Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2021-02-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2021-02-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
+- **2021-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-16** Returned to House
+- **2021-03-17** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-03-18** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-03-18** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-03-22** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-03-22** Signed by President
+- **2021-03-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-31** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-01** 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/7d3aab92-2025-46e1-8e47-a9e4c1bb462c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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