---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow school district bond issuance for a term of up to 30 years"
description: "Allow school district bond issuance for a term of up to 30 years"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 237"
citation: "Montana HB 237 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bond Issues", "Public", "School Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jasmine Krotkov"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-05"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f3c54ef-41c0-472a-a16f-0ffd784451ab"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=237&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "1a866ccc1dcef9a1ef0184f4673f1c49a088106d93e7cc1a7b3b3c10c16c43fc"
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 237 (2019) — Allow school district bond issuance for a term of up to 30 years

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0237_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0237_1.pdf)
2. **HB0237_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0237_2.pdf)
3. **HB0237_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0237_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0237.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **17–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **63–36** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **66–34** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **15–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jasmine Krotkov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-05** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-10** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-10** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-16** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-23** Hearing
- **2019-01-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-01-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-29** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Hearing
- **2019-03-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-21** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** Returned to House
- **2019-03-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-06** Signed by President
- **2019-04-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f3c54ef-41c0-472a-a16f-0ffd784451ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).