---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify calculations for significant enrollment increases"
description: "Clarify calculations for significant enrollment increases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Montana SB 37 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Education - School Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Emrich"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-23T13:10:06+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T17:06:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ba6c114-48b2-4ce4-9fff-4841a86fdc11"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0288?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "94573c7fd6aeeb18425a1f866a41bde2656811fac34d82a3a420ee7888417623"
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 37 (2025) — Clarify calculations for significant enrollment increases

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0288.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265321)
2. **SB0037_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267801)
3. **SB0037_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273216)
4. **SB0037_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273444)
5. **SB0037_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273445)
6. **SB0037_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275435)
7. **SB0037_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276483)
8. **SB0037_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299189)
9. **SB0037_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302223)
10. **SB0037_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267800)
11. **SB0037_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316616)
12. **SB0037_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320209)
13. **SB0037_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321137)
14. **SB0037_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321138)
15. **SB0037_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321139)
16. **SB0037_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324518)
17. **SB0037_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325734)
18. **SB0037_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310664)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel Emrich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-23T13:10:06+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-10-03T20:29:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-10-23T21:23:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-10-24T22:57:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-10T17:07:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-17T16:15:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-18T20:18:12+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-12T16:49:41+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-12T17:45:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2024-12-18T17:38:43+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-06T21:38:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T21:38:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08T00:34:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-10T18:36:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-01-10T18:47:59+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-01-13T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-16T23:02:55+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-17T20:37:00+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`
- **2025-01-20T20:54:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-21T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-21T20:23:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-21T21:40:12+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-01-22T18:00:52+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22T20:12:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21T23:43:41+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-03-26T21:05:38+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2025-03-27T19:38:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2025-03-29T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-29T17:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T19:56:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T19:57:15+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-02T16:15:51+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-07T16:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-08T16:00:47+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`
- **2025-04-17T17:06:04+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/4ba6c114-48b2-4ce4-9fff-4841a86fdc11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).