SB 114 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Provide for display of Ten Commandments in public schools

Montana's SB 114 would have required every public school building and classroom to display the Ten Commandments in a specific format: an 11x14 inch poster with the exact text provided, printed in a large, readable font. The bill amended existing law to explicitly allow this display, excluding it from prohibitions against distributing sectarian religious materials in schools. School districts could use their own funds or accept donations to cover the cost of the displays. The bill died in the legislative process in May 2025 and was never enacted.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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What changed between versions

SB0114_1(10).pdf SB0114_2.pdf · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill underwent minor formatting and numbering updates, including a change in the bill number format from 'SB 114' to 'SB0114.2' and the removal of decorative separator lines. No substantive policy changes, funding adjustments, or new legal requirements were identified in the provided text.
TECHNICAL

The bill number was updated from 'SB 114' to 'SB0114.2', and decorative separator lines were removed from the header.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2025

How they voted

2917
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 50
Feb 15, 2025
D Democratic18
17 Yea 1
94% Yea
R Republican32
12 Yea 17 Nay 3
53% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Feb 15, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (29-17-4)
senate
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
(S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Jan 10, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bob Phalen
Bob Phalen
RRepublican
MT
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