---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify school transportation laws related to passenger vehicles"
description: "Clarify school transportation laws related to passenger vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 69"
citation: "Montana SB 69 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shannon O'Brien"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-14T17:45:18+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T21:54:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/238cdaa3-0f0f-46bb-a24e-6f3b8c2532bc"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0353"
source_hash: "34cf2757210473e8d30760adf779c970ff90cdce61d9362d4b983f7ba4d06e36"
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 69 (2023) — Clarify school transportation laws related to passenger vehicles

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0069_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1997)
2. **SB0069_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1998)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **88–8** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **93–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shannon O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T21:54:43+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T14:12:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12T17:25:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-31T16:25:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-30T22:18:41+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-30T15:43:00+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-18T13:08:35+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-17T22:15:14+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-17T19:49:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T20:00:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T19:38:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-13T21:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-13T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-19T20:19:45+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19T18:38:35+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17T17:23:22+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-16T21:08:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-16T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-13T20:19:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-13T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T20:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T19:56:19+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-11T17:05:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T22:00:10+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:09:53+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-29T00:27:17+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-13T19:42:54+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-11-04T18:21:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-04T17:59:54+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-03T20:20:21+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-03T20:20:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-10-19T19:41:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-10-07T17:16:40+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-10-07T12:39:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-10-05T18:57:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-30T20:06:34+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-14T17:45:18+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/238cdaa3-0f0f-46bb-a24e-6f3b8c2532bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).