---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify laws related to k-12 school districts"
description: "Clarify laws related to k-12 school districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "Montana SB 34 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Education - School Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Emrich"]
version_count: 19
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-23T13:06:58+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T17:12:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbdba614-827f-49f0-b8c9-aac785f9496c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0283?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "d452fca0e529b07a221208a7034d50d190b03bc73935ce85fa960282604b279c"
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 34 (2025) — Clarify laws related to k-12 school districts

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0283.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265316)
2. **SB0034_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267791)
3. **SB0034_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267792)
4. **SB0034_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273213)
5. **SB0034_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273430)
6. **SB0034_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275519)
7. **SB0034_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276697)
8. **SB0034_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296929)
9. **SB0034_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300590)
10. **SB0034_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267790)
11. **SB0034_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300589)
12. **SB0034_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316584)
13. **SB0034_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320184)
14. **SB0034_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321146)
15. **SB0034_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321147)
16. **SB0034_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321148)
17. **SB0034_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324521)
18. **SB0034_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325729)
19. **SB0034_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310629)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel Emrich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-23T13:06:58+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-09-25T22:41:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-09-26T13:44:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-10-24T23:13:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-10T16:50:05+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-15T22:27:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-18T20:16:58+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-12T16:42:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-12T17:40:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2024-12-18T17:37:23+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-06T21:36:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T21:37:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-07T21:45:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-01-08T00:33:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-10T18:34:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-01-10T18:35:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-16T23:02:53+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-17T20:36:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-20T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-20T20:52:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-21T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-21T20:36:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-21T21:40:07+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-01-22T18:00:45+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22T20:11:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T18:04:23+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-03-21T23:00:34+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2025-03-24T19:55:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27T21:12:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T19:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T19:35:12+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-30T14:56:22+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-02T18:00:52+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-08T15:45:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-17T17:12:18+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/bbdba614-827f-49f0-b8c9-aac785f9496c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).