---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise state school transportation reimbursement laws"
description: "Revise state school transportation reimbursement laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 227"
citation: "Montana SB 227 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Cohenour"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-12-12"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a5fc9d9-bbce-460a-ac32-55f59103161d"
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=LC2159&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "ea770d74981623e6d4fcfa803b6f2e90584033c925ab2043348516a96767c7b7"
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 227 (2017) — Revise state school transportation reimbursement laws

## 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/SB0227.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–50** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **45–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **59–41** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **55–45** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **44–6** (pass) · legislature
- ReconsAction-Bachmeier — **54–45** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jill Cohenour — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-12** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-25** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-06** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-02-06** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-06** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-07** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-07** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-13** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-15** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-15** Hearing
- **2017-02-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-21** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-22** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-17** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-03-24** Hearing
- **2017-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-06** 2nd Reading Not Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-07** Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process
- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-10** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** Returned to Senate
- **2017-04-12** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-12** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-12** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-20** Signed by President
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a5fc9d9-bbce-460a-ac32-55f59103161d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).