---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise school funding related to oil and gas production taxes"
description: "Revise school funding related to oil and gas production taxes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Montana SB 12 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel R Salomon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 65
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-10-02"
last_action: "2019-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e4428dc-830b-4ab8-8bac-bff50201ae94"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=12&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "9661758388a8de29a25f896f0bb12eaebc923fb3355277e5c89de197aec08ccd"
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 12 (2019) — Revise school funding related to oil and gas production taxes

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0012_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0012_1.pdf)
2. **SB0012_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0012_2.pdf)
3. **SB0012_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0012_3.pdf)
4. **SB0012_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0012_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0012.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **83–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **69–28** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **77–23** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **89–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel R Salomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-02** Draft Request Received
- **2018-10-04** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-10-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-10-12** Draft in Edit
- **2018-10-24** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-10-24** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-09** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-09** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-12** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-12** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-13** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-11-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-11-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-05** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2018-12-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-14** Hearing
- **2019-01-30** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-04** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-05** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-05** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Hearing
- **2019-03-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-19** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-19** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-19** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-21** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-22** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-29** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-03-30** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-09** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-09** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-11** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-25** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-03** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e4428dc-830b-4ab8-8bac-bff50201ae94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).