Committee advances two house bills and tables Senate Bill 210 during executive action

The Senate Education Committee moved to executive action and took votes on several bills.

House Bill 28 — House Bill 28 (charter school timelines and opening procedures) was moved for a do-pass recommendation. The committee completed a roll-call vote and the chair announced the bill had passed the committee (announcements in the record show the committee reported "House bill 28 has passed committee" after recorded tallies). Recorded counts in the transcript show multiple roll-call samplings with the chair announcing passage.

House Bill 118 — A motion to pass House Bill 118 (revised Montana Interstate Compact on educational opportunities for military children) was made. Committee members expressed support, noting a zero fiscal note; a roll-call vote was recorded and the chair announced "House bill 118 has passed the committee" with the recorded roll showing 12 yes and 2 no on the recorded vote.

Senate Bill 210 — A motion to pass Senate Bill 210 (to revise Board of Regents law and remove the statutory student regent requirement) was made but the bill did not immediately secure a second and later was put to a roll-call vote. The chair later reported that Senate Bill 210 "has failed" on that vote. A subsequent motion to table SB 210 was made and passed; the transcript records the action as "Senate bill 2 10 has been tabled." The record shows one vote in opposition to the tabling motion and then the motion carried.

What happened next: The committee concluded executive action on the remaining bills and adjourned. Members were reminded of amendment deadlines for the next session of executive action.

Provenance: The executive-action motions, roll-call votes and chair announcements are recorded in the transcript during the committee's EA portion of the meeting.