---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to financial administration of school districts"
description: "Revise laws related to financial administration of school districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 292"
citation: "Montana SB 292 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Finance (see also: Local Finance)", "School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Webb"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0db16cf8-b8cc-44b9-88c8-67f11c9ca63c"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=292&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "9a7c89c41535ca8ec4809e5162ab2e12c41d211f5e6c1f02ece7d47d43cab07c"
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 292 (2019) — Revise laws related to financial administration of school districts

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0292_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0292_1.pdf)
2. **SB0292_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0292_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0292.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roger Webb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-25** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-09** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-15** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-15** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-18** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-20** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-22** Hearing
- **2019-02-23** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-23** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-25** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing
- **2019-03-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-19** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-22** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-02** Signed by President
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0db16cf8-b8cc-44b9-88c8-67f11c9ca63c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).