---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend school district bond term"
description: "Extend school district bond term"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "Montana SB 124 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bond Issues", "Public", "School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edith (Edie) McClafferty"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 62
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2016-11-16"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7b505cf-e556-4b6c-85d9-1a49ed7ed68f"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0917&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "d7ebbf39329c4efc357c9bc2c92afcc7ee9f73b152cd0a023b8adcc8f39cc4c1"
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 SB 124 (2017) — Extend school district bond term

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/SB0124.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur as Amended — **83–17** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Suspend Rules SB 124 -McClafferty — **40–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-001 Essmann D/PASS — **95–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **73–26** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **34–15** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **36–12** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **45–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Edith (Edie) McClafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-16** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-30** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-03** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-04** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2017-01-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-04** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-04** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-05** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-13** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-13** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-01-19** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-20** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-20** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-23** Hearing
- **2017-01-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-26** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-01-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-01-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-31** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-01** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing
- **2017-04-03** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-04-10** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2017-04-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-18** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2017-04-18** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-19** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2017-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-20** Rules Suspended to Accept Late Return of Amended Bill
- **2017-04-20** Motion Carried
- **2017-04-20** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-20** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-24** Signed by President
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7b505cf-e556-4b6c-85d9-1a49ed7ed68f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).