---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify school finance laws related to general fund levies"
description: "Clarify school finance laws related to general fund levies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Montana SB 10 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shannon O'Brien"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-14T17:46:23+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T20:52:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c00b608-1268-4df8-b3f9-80851dee2683"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0356"
source_hash: "ce2ff9762ad27c2298d10a70619b9e15f2831f2fd4af391cdd53cbc745ae3eb5"
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 10 (2023) — Clarify school finance laws related to general fund levies

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0010_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1852)
2. **SB0010_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1851)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shannon O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T20:52:58+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T18:19:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09T17:20:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T20:30:17+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T20:30:16+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T20:15:33+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T19:37:18+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-13T22:16:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T15:31:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T19:52:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-13T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-19T20:19:41+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19T18:38:04+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17T17:23:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-16T21:06:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-16T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-13T20:07:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-13T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T20:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T16:36:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T22:00:42+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T19:42:32+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-02T16:00:41+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-01T21:06:56+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-29T23:46:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2022-11-29T23:11:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2022-11-29T21:03:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-11-29T20:41:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-11-28T21:37:25+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-11-28T21:37:24+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-15T14:03:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-14T23:58:19+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-09T20:16:41+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-09T20:16:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-03T22:04:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-03T21:19:38+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-01T14:52:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-10-28T18:24:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-14T17:46:23+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c00b608-1268-4df8-b3f9-80851dee2683`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).