# Montana SB 245: Provide for human trafficking awareness training for school bus drivers

Montana SB 245, Provide for human trafficking awareness training for school bus drivers, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Mike Yakawich (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-08 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana SB 245
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Provide for human trafficking awareness training for school bus drivers
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Last action: 2025-05-08, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: Mike Yakawich (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Crimes, Education - K-12, Transportation
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (292 yes, 5 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Free trafficking training for school bus drivers: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the Montana Office of Public Instruction provides free, bus-specific training materials for school bus drivers. Drivers use them to complete annual training on spotting signs of human trafficking and how to report concerns. The materials come from groups that built courses f…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mike Yakawich (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Denise Baum (Democrat), House
- Cosponsor: Mary Ann Dunwell (Democrat), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-11 | House | Do Concur | pass | 96 | 3 |   |
| 2025-04-10 | House | Do Concur | pass | 98 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-01 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-28 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 49 | 0 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2025-05-08: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate)
- 2025-05-05: Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: Transmitted to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-21: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-04-12: Returned from Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: Sent to Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-04-10: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-04-01: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-03-31: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-03-07: Hearing (House)
- 2025-03-03: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Fiscal Note Unsigned (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Revised Fiscal Note Received (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-03-03: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-03-01: Transmitted to House (Senate)
- 2025-03-01: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-04-12: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=86aa0003-aa43-4745-8551-b62b6c97c398)
- As Amended (Version 2), 2025-02-25: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=5383d51c-2e66-47d8-bfb4-90e3ef62d297)
- Introduced, 2025-01-30: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=7a22eaea-1e37-4438-a2f5-afc769db740c)

## 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=86aa0003-aa43-4745-8551-b62b6c97c398)
- [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=5383d51c-2e66-47d8-bfb4-90e3ef62d297)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=7a22eaea-1e37-4438-a2f5-afc769db740c)

## 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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB245-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).