---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish graduation requirements for educationally-disrupted youth"
description: "Establish graduation requirements for educationally-disrupted youth"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Montana SB 18 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indians", "Schools and Education", "Vocational Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel R Salomon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-25"
last_action: "2021-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfb58828-a0d7-41dc-8814-ea408d96d0d3"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=18&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "9501878f3ca1280eeda63c8fd32d12f608a37d5d0ecc3f8a987680bf06b67b99"
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 18 (2021) — Establish graduation requirements for educationally-disrupted youth

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0018_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0018_1.pdf)
2. **SB0018_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0018_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0018.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel R Salomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-25** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-02** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-21** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-27** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-27** Executive Director Review
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-23** Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-18** Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-01-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-29** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-15** Hearing - (H) Education
- **2021-02-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2021-02-18** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2021-03-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-12** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-17** Signed by President
- **2021-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-18** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-26** 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/cfb58828-a0d7-41dc-8814-ea408d96d0d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).