---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate state school flexibility account"
description: "Eliminate state school flexibility account"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 23"
citation: "Montana SB 23 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel R Salomon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-13"
last_action: "2021-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73420f25-f0e0-4a6c-b4ba-ace183e024b5"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=23&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "6fad72e3361c54530fa13547e6088f2236830f7e91818bc1b6e1046f2a896e96"
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 23 (2021) — Eliminate state school flexibility account

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0023_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0023_1.pdf)
2. **SB0023_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0023_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0023.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel R Salomon — 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
- **2020-11-10** 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** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-25** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-25** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-25** Executive Director Review
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-02** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-02** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-02** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-23** Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-08** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-08** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-08** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-11** Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-01-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-19** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-19** Transmitted to House
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** Hearing - (H) Education
- **2021-02-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2021-02-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2021-02-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** Returned to Senate
- **2021-02-10** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-02-15** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-02-15** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-02-16** Signed by President
- **2021-02-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-23** 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/73420f25-f0e0-4a6c-b4ba-ace183e024b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).