---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow nonpublic students to participate in public school extracurriculars"
description: "Allow nonpublic students to participate in public school extracurriculars"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 157"
citation: "Montana SB 157 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Hinebauch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-19"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9ba13a7-3b19-4714-9c3d-e85dd5eca52a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=157&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "8a43a150baba698ae9421d40fedcba071ce51aa0800695607b661fdf15aa1424"
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 157 (2021) — Allow nonpublic students to participate in public school extracurriculars

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0157_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0157_1.pdf)
2. **SB0157_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0157_2.pdf)
3. **SB0157_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0157_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0157.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **32–17** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **69–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **66–34** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Hinebauch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-19** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-19** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-19** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-19** 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** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-02-09** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-19** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-20** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-23** Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Hearing - (H) Education
- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2021-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Returned to Senate
- **2021-04-12** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-15** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-15** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-22** Signed by President
- **2021-04-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** 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/d9ba13a7-3b19-4714-9c3d-e85dd5eca52a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).