---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise school funding laws related to unforeseen emergencies"
description: "Revise school funding laws related to unforeseen emergencies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 75"
citation: "Montana SB 75 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel R Salomon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-13"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9458fb7d-fe3b-4e4a-a7d1-d5a80523bf09"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=75&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "9a68993ddb147b3e6dcce72fa3acc7d4d8f70761e0f8deb6709bf0f8d6677007"
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 75 (2021) — Revise school funding laws related to unforeseen emergencies

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0075_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0075_2.pdf)
2. **SB0075_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0075_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0075.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel R Salomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-13** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-16** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-23** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-23** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-12-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-06** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-06** Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-01-15** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-18** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-18** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-18** Tabled in Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-01-20** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-25** Taken from Table in Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-01-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (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
- **2021-03-15** 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 Senate
- **2021-03-17** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-23** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-25** Signed by President
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-09** 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/9458fb7d-fe3b-4e4a-a7d1-d5a80523bf09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).