---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal ending fund balance limits for school district funds"
description: "Repeal ending fund balance limits for school district funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 32"
citation: "Montana HB 32 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sue Vinton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-13"
last_action: "2021-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d3aab92-2025-46e1-8e47-a9e4c1bb462c"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=32&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "5d24b3dc621493184e47336c0b73af6ffafee00ac87451586e12cc322da8faf1"
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 32 (2021) — Repeal ending fund balance limits for school district funds

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0032_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0032_1.pdf)
2. **HB0032_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0032_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0032.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sue Vinton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-13** Draft Request Received
- **2020-09-30** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-10-26** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-09** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-24** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-24** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-25** Executive Director Review
- **2020-11-25** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-11-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-11-25** Executive Director Final Review
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Education `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-13** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-13** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-13** Hearing - (H) Education
- **2021-01-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-25** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-02-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-02-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Returned to House
- **2021-03-17** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-18** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-18** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-22** Signed by President
- **2021-03-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-31** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01** 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/7d3aab92-2025-46e1-8e47-a9e4c1bb462c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).