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SB145 • 2025

Require open meetings and records for education membership organizations

Require open meetings and records for education membership organizations

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Becky Beard
Last action
2025-05-23
Official status
(S) Died in Process
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Require open meetings and records for education membership organizations

Require open meetings and records for education membership organizations

What This Bill Does

  • Require open meetings and records for education membership organizations

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-23 SENATE

    (S) Died in Process

  2. 2025-03-12 SENATE

    (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal

  3. 2025-02-06 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  4. 2025-02-06 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Pass Motion Failed

  5. 2025-02-06 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed

  6. 2025-02-03 SENATE

    (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed

  7. 2025-01-31 SENATE

    (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed

  8. 2025-01-24 SENATE

    (S) Hearing Canceled

  9. 2025-01-24 SENATE

    (S) Hearing

  10. 2025-01-15 SENATE

    (S) First Reading

  11. 2025-01-15 SENATE

    (S) Referred to Committee

  12. 2025-01-14 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  13. 2025-01-14 SENATE

    (S) Introduced

  14. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  15. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  16. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  17. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  18. 2025-01-10 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  19. 2025-01-09 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  20. 2025-01-03 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold

  21. 2024-11-18 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft On Hold

  22. 2024-11-11 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Require open meetings and records for education membership organizations

Current Bill Text

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69th Legislature 2025 SB 145.1
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – SB 145
1 SENATE BILL NO. 145
2 INTRODUCED BY B. BEARD
3
4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REQUIRING MEETINGS AND RECORDS OF EDUCATION
5 MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.”
6
7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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9 NEW SECTION. Section 1. Education membership organizations and associations -- open
10meetings and records. All meetings and records of an education membership organization or association
11 composed of public or government entities supported in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by public funds
12 must be open to the public to the same extent as the meetings and records of the member public or
13 government entities.
14
15 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an
16 integral part of Title 20, chapter 1, part 2, and the provisions of Title 20, chapter 1, part 2, apply to [section 1].
17 - END -