--- type: "Bill" title: "Generally revise MT Indian language preservation program" description: "Generally revise MT Indian language preservation program" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 182" citation: "Montana SB 182 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Indians"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Windy Boy"] version_count: 16 action_count: 35 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-14T14:11:42+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-13T20:39:12+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bcb556f-68f2-4417-9fd8-428b3acb7afb" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1348?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "c1a6b0decf68ce9225f98c686e9061740b3be74f3b428d373d0542a708181862" 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 182 (2025) — Generally revise MT Indian language preservation program ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC1348.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272340) 2. **SB0182_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275419) 3. **SB0182_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276467) 4. **SB0182_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279394) 5. **SB0182_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300655) 6. **SB0182_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309100) 7. **SB0182_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309102) 8. **SB0182_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272790) 9. **SB0182_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316885) 10. **SB0182_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320460) 11. **SB0182_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322617) 12. **SB0182_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322618) 13. **SB0182_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322619) 14. **SB0182_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324934) 15. **SB0182_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326179) 16. **SB0182_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310948) ## Votes - Do Pass — **35–13** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **38–12** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **15–0** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **13–1** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **92–8** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **94–5** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Jonathan Windy Boy — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-14T14:11:42+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-01-16T18:28:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-16T18:56:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-17T16:13:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-17T20:18:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-18T20:54:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-20T18:25:23+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-20T20:32:20+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-21T17:34:00+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-01-21T17:35:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-21T17:37:49+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee` - **2025-01-21T20:52:07+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources - **2025-01-31T01:12:57+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage` - **2025-01-31T20:15:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage` - **2025-02-04T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-04T20:29:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-05T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-05T23:05:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-05T23:41:19+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-02-06T18:13:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee` - **2025-02-06T20:07:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-21T23:46:29+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education - **2025-03-28T23:50:42+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Education - **2025-03-29T15:40:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Education - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-10T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:39:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:40:13+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-12T18:38:57+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-21T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-29T22:15:14+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-30T16:55:55+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-09T02:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-13T20:39:12+00:00** 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/8bcb556f-68f2-4417-9fd8-428b3acb7afb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).