---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improve school bus safety laws"
description: "Improve school bus safety laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 267"
citation: "Montana HB 267 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools and Education", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Duram"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-13"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8974e318-f7fa-49e8-a25e-03d02079f4e1"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=267&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "c639bc5567518becea79555effe1f8a7837447dd4994d2002d7e8d3845217467"
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 267 (2021) — Improve school bus safety laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0267_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0267_1.pdf)
2. **HB0267_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0267_2.pdf)
3. **HB0267_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0267_3.pdf)
4. **HB0267_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0267_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0267.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **93–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **90–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Neil Duram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-13** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-18** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-19** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-27** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-27** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-03** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-03** Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2021-02-04** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-04** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-04-06** Tabled in Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-04-15** Taken from Table in Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-04-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-04-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-01** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8974e318-f7fa-49e8-a25e-03d02079f4e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).