---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise school funding related to special education joint boards"
description: "Revise school funding related to special education joint boards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Montana SB 16 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel R Salomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-10-02"
last_action: "2019-02-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/347b5a14-2bf4-4508-b4ae-b4aca12931c7"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=16&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "94f559d0001e624aeccab25f2e513ce3596a69a3d7210580ac93873d9915cb18"
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 16 (2019) — Revise school funding related to special education joint boards

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0016_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0016_1.pdf)
2. **SB0016_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0016_2.pdf)
3. **SB0016_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0016_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0016.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **46–0** (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
- **2018-11-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2018-11-06** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-20** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-23** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-03** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-05** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2018-12-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-10** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-14** Hearing
- **2019-01-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-17** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-21** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-22** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-22** Transmitted to House
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing
- **2019-02-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-09** Returned to Senate
- **2019-02-11** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-02-11** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-02-13** Signed by President
- **2019-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/347b5a14-2bf4-4508-b4ae-b4aca12931c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).