Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB350: Revise participation in extracurricular activities
Status: Signed into law, May 16, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising education laws related to extracurricular participation; allowing school districts or athletic organizations to restrict extracurricular participation of home school students who are not citizens of the united states or residents of montana; amending section 20-5-112, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING EDUCATION LAWS RELATED TO EXTRACURRICULAR PARTICIPATION; ALLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS TO RESTRICT EXTRACURRICULAR PARTICIPATION OF HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OR RESIDENTS OF MONTANA; AMENDING SECTION 20-5-112, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 20-5-112, MCA, is amended to read: "20-5-112. Participation in extracurricular activities. (1) (a) A Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), a school district or an athletic association, conference, or organization with authority over interscholastic sports may not prohibit or restrict the ability of a student attending a nonpublic or home school meeting the requirements of 20-5-109 from participating in extracurricular activities at a school in the student's resident school district solely on the student's enrollment at the public school or on the number of hours the student physically attends the public school. (b) A school district or an athletic association, conference, or organization with authority over interscholastic sports may prohibit or restrict the participation in extracurricular activities of a student attending a home school based on one or both of the following and (ii) the student's status as a Montana resident, as determined under the provisions of 1-1-215. (2) Except as provided in subsections (1) and (3), a student attending a nonpublic or home school who participates in extracurricular activities at a …
Sponsors
- Regier, Matt (R, 5) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (S) Signed by Governor
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading House Amendments
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments
Votes
- Do Pass (April 17, 2025): 48 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 16, 2025): 47 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 81 yea, 18 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 80 yea, 18 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 45 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Do Pass As Amended (March 5, 2025): 47 yea, 3 nay, passed
Subjects: Recreation, Education - K-12
Common questions
- What is SB350?
- SB350 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise participation in extracurricular activities.
- What does SB350 do?
- In its own words: An act revising education laws related to extracurricular participation; allowing school districts or athletic organizations to restrict extracurricular participation of home school students who are not citizens of the united states or residents of montana; amending section 20-5-112, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of SB350?
- Signed into law as of May 16, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 16, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB350?
- Regier, Matt (R, 5).
- Where is the official record for SB350?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2174
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