---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strengthen suicide prevention efforts in schools"
description: "Strengthen suicide prevention efforts in schools"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 369"
citation: "Montana SB 369 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Yakawich"]
version_count: 29
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-11-29T15:13:03+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T21:10:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12985d25-ad66-4694-95c8-325360079820"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2092?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "56afa91ed084650fe810d2d4d24035ef042182969caede19b694668e7bff841f"
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 369 (2025) — Strengthen suicide prevention efforts in schools

## Version chain

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

1. **LC2092.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283696)
2. **SB0369.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297019)
3. **SB0369.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297034)
4. **SB0369_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285395)
5. **SB0369_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293381)
6. **SB0369_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301911)
7. **SB0369_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284264)
8. **SB0369_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302412)
9. **SB0369_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302413)
10. **SB0369_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302422)
11. **SB0369_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303189)
12. **SB0369_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307992)
13. **SB0369_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309516)
14. **SB0369_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309517)
15. **SB0369_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302407)
16. **SB0369_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309519)
17. **SB0369_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321877)
18. **SB0369_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324759)
19. **SB0369_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326494)
20. **SB0369_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327659)
21. **SB0369_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309520)
22. **SB0369_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309674)
23. **SB0369_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309675)
24. **SB0369_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311003)
25. **SB0369_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316939)
26. **SB0369_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320514)
27. **SB0369_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321875)
28. **SB0369_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321876)
29. **SB0369_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309518)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **10–4** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Yakawich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-29T15:13:03+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-15T16:41:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-15T17:14:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-18T17:27:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-18T21:22:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-18T23:38:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-19T00:19:42+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-19T19:42:37+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-19T19:55:59+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-20T20:14:07+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20T20:18:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T01:49:35+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-02-28T02:08:31+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-28T02:09:24+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03T20:26:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T02:08:37+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-04T02:08:43+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-03-04T02:08:49+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-05T08:01:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T18:06:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T08:01:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T19:16:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T20:25:32+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-07T17:17:11+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-31T14:01:11+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-03-31T23:53:37+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Education
- **2025-04-01T18:33:50+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-04-01T19:39:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Education
- **2025-04-04T00:06:30+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-04-04T00:06:40+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-04-04T16:37:16+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-04-09T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T20:44:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T14:58:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T17:21:42+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T16:51:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T20:52:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T12:20:31+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-14T17:17:43+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:15:16+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:00:05+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T19:35:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T21:10:17+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/12985d25-ad66-4694-95c8-325360079820`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).