Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB373: Revise lottery proceeds laws to dedicate to education funding
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising the allocation of excess lottery revenue to schools; providing for quarterly distributions to schools school districts based on a per-quality-educator formula; establishing a lottery education state special revenue account; providing a statutory appropriation; revising eligible uses of a school's flexibility fund; amending sections 17-7-502, 20-9-543, 23-7-202, and 237-402, mca; and providing an effective date and an applicability date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING THE ALLOCATION OF EXCESS LOTTERY REVENUE TO SCHOOLS; PROVIDING FOR QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTIONS TO SCHOOLS SCHOOL DISTRICTS BASED ON A PER-QUALITY-EDUCATOR FORMULA; ESTABLISHING A LOTTERY EDUCATION STATE SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT; PROVIDING A STATUTORY APPROPRIATION; REVISING ELIGIBLE USES OF A SCHOOL'S FLEXIBILITY FUND; AMENDING SECTIONS 17-7-502, 20-9-543, 23-7-202, AND 237-402, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Distribution of lottery revenues -- STATE SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT -- STATUTORY APPROPRIATION. (1) THERE IS A LOTTERY EDUCATION STATE SPECIAL REVENUE ACCOUNT WITHIN THE STATE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND ESTABLISHED IN 17-2-102 ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. (2) THE ACCOUNT IS FUNDED BY LOTTERY REVENUES RECEIVED PURSUANT TO 23-7-402 AND IS STATUTORILY APPROPRIATED, AS PROVIDED IN 17-7-502, TO THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO DISTRIBUTE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (3) The office of public instruction shall distribute lottery revenues received pursuant to 23-7-402 on a quarterly basis and within 30 days of receiving the funds AN ANNUAL BASIS BY JUNE 1 EVERY YEAR. The funds must be distributed to schools ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS on a per-quality-educator basis, with the amount to be distributed to each district calculated by dividing the total funds available for distribution by the total …
Sponsors
- Matthews, Eric (D, 66) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for Appropriation Bill Transmittal
- : (H) 2nd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (H) Committee Report
- : (H) Committee Executive Action
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Fiscal Note Printed
Votes
- Do Pass As Amended (March 20, 2025): 44 yea, 54 nay, failed
- AMD-HB0373.002.004 Mr. Speaker DO PASS (March 20, 2025): 57 yea, 41 nay, passed
Subjects: Gambling, Appropriations, State Finance, Education - K-12
Common questions
- What is HB373?
- HB373 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise lottery proceeds laws to dedicate to education funding.
- What does HB373 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising the allocation of excess lottery revenue to schools; providing for quarterly distributions to schools school districts based on a per-quality-educator formula; establishing a lottery education state special revenue account; providing a statutory appropriation; revising eligible uses of a school's flexibility fund; amending sections 17-7-502, 20-9-543, 23-7-202, and 237-402, mca; and providing an effective date and an applicability date.".
- What is the status of HB373?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB373?
- Matthews, Eric (D, 66).
- Where is the official record for HB373?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1346
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