# Montana HB 266: Establish education inflation reconciliation process Montana HB 266, Establish education inflation reconciliation process, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Luke Muszkiewicz (Democrat); status signed, last action 2025-05-05 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB266-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 266 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Establish education inflation reconciliation process - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-21 - Last action: 2025-05-05, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Luke Muszkiewicz (Democrat) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Education - K-12, Education - School Finance - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (488 yes, 104 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Regular reports on school inflation: benefit, low. Starting in fiscal year 2026 and every even-numbered year, the superintendent must report on this inflation rule. The report is due by Sept. 1 to the education interim budget committee and the education interim committee, and by Dec. 31 to the legislative finance committee. It must show per-student… - Conflict rule with Senate Bill 258: mixed, low. If this law and Senate Bill 258 both take effect, SB 258 is void. This resolves any conflict between the two measures. The real impact depends on what SB 258 contained. - School funding inflation formula with 3% cap: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the state sets a CPI-based inflation factor for basic and per-student school aid and related payments. It uses CPI values from July 1 and a three-year average growth rate. The same inflation rate applies to both years of each budget biennium. The rate cannot be higher than 3… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Luke Muszkiewicz (Democrat), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-15 | House | Do Concur | pass | 77 | 20 | | | 2025-04-14 | House | Do Concur | pass | 90 | 10 | | | 2025-04-02 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 31 | 19 | | | 2025-04-01 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 34 | 16 | | | 2025-03-01 | House | Do Pass | pass | 88 | 9 | | | 2025-02-28 | House | Do Pass | pass | 91 | 8 | | | 2025-02-14 | House | Do Pass | pass | 77 | 22 | | ## Actions (54) - 2025-05-05: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-01: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-04-22: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-04-22: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-18: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-15: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-15: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-15: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-14: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-03: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-04-03: Revised Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-04-02: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-04-02: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-01: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-03-26: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-03-03: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-01: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-02-28: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-02-27: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-02-27: Revised Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-02-27: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-02-25: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-25: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-02-24: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-14: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-14: Rereferred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-14: Motion (House) - 2025-02-14: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-02-14: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-02-13: Revised Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-02-13: 2nd Reading Pass Consideration (House) - 2025-02-13: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-02-11: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-02-10: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-07: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-07: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-30: Hearing Canceled (House) - 2025-01-28: Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-01-28: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-01-27: Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-01-27: Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-01-27: Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-01-27: Fiscal Note Unsigned (House) - 2025-01-27: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-01-23: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-21: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-01-21: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-01-21: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-01-21: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=53b1c816-ae70-4693-ba14-19c82430cc30) - As Amended (Version 4), 2025-03-26: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=08fb7d77-434a-4831-b764-4af14d452295) - As Amended (Version 3), 2025-02-25: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=f20e1e17-8e12-47d2-aebe-8df4ef4edf41) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-02-11: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=46915d05-426c-47e8-8b28-c0823f42195d) - Introduced, 2025-01-21: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9a145605-39d6-4922-a74e-d7c432519d88) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=53b1c816-ae70-4693-ba14-19c82430cc30) - [As Amended (Version 4) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=08fb7d77-434a-4831-b764-4af14d452295) - [As Amended (Version 3) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=f20e1e17-8e12-47d2-aebe-8df4ef4edf41) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=46915d05-426c-47e8-8b28-c0823f42195d) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9a145605-39d6-4922-a74e-d7c432519d88) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB266-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).