# Montana SB 35: Clarify enrollment counts for early literacy jumpstart program

Montana SB 35, Clarify enrollment counts for early literacy jumpstart program, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Daniel Emrich (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-17 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana SB 35
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Clarify enrollment counts for early literacy jumpstart program
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2024-12-12
- Last action: 2025-04-17, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: Daniel Emrich (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Education - K-12, Education - School Finance
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 4 (295 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Up to $1,000 for home literacy: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, the state pays up to $1,000 per child each year for eligible home-based early literacy programs. Payments come from funds set aside for this purpose. If money runs out, payments are first-come, first-served. Your child must be in an eligible home-based early literacy program.
- Early literacy kids count and no tuition: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, schools must include eligible children in classroom early literacy programs in enrollment counts used for funding. Jumpstart participants count as quarter-time, and a student may be counted up to 1.25 total. The district that runs the jumpstart adds the quarter-time to its O…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Daniel Emrich (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Melissa Romano (Democrat), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-29 | House | Do Concur | pass | 95 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-28 | House | Do Concur | pass | 100 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-21 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-20 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2025-04-17: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Transmitted to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-02: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Returned from Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-03-29: Sent to Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-03-29: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-03-28: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-03-24: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-03-21: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-03-17: Hearing (House)
- 2025-01-22: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-01-22: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-01-21: Transmitted to House (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-20: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-17: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-01-10: Fiscal Note Printed (Senate)
- 2025-01-10: Fiscal Note Unsigned (Senate)
- 2025-01-10: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Fiscal Note Received (Senate)
- 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-01-06: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2024-12-18: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate)
- 2024-12-12: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=939d6207-966d-4786-8dcb-8983c4109ef4)
- Introduced, 2024-12-12: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=98e96dc3-8842-4223-85be-18eddbb703fc)

## 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 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=939d6207-966d-4786-8dcb-8983c4109ef4)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=98e96dc3-8842-4223-85be-18eddbb703fc)

## 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 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB35-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).