---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise school laws related to participation in extracurricular activities"
description: "Revise school laws related to participation in extracurricular activities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Montana SB 72 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith Regier"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-11-05"
last_action: "2021-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/711a4903-c4b5-439e-8afc-e9c1bb8300e3"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=72&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "e2d388fd96d0b855868a688078fc8e2863bb658db11e99d91d07b2d2cdf63f49"
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 72 (2021) — Revise school laws related to participation in extracurricular activities

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0072_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0072_1.pdf)
2. **SB0072_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0072_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0072.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **13–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **45–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keith Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-05** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-18** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-19** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-12-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-03** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-04** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-05** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-05** Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-13** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-13** Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-01-13** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-21** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-02-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-09** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-11** Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** Hearing - (H) Education
- **2021-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2021-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-19** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-24** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-29** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-30** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-31** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-31** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-07** Signed by President
- **2021-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-22** 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/711a4903-c4b5-439e-8afc-e9c1bb8300e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).