HB 445 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise laws to promote the teaching of cursive writing in schools

HB 445 aimed to revise the legislative goals for public education in Montana. The bill sought to encourage public elementary and secondary schools to provide instruction in reading and writing cursive handwriting to all students. This instruction was intended to develop cognitive and fine motor skills and ensure students could read original historical documents, such as the United States Constitution. It would have amended current law to incorporate this as an explicit goal for the state's public school system.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
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Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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LC2216.pdf HB0445_1.pdf · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was renamed from LC 2216 to HB 445 and the sponsor list was updated to reflect the current legislators. The substantive policy content regarding the goal of teaching cursive handwriting and the effective date of July 1, 2025, remains unchanged.
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The bill title was changed from LC 2216 to HB 445, and the list of primary sponsors was updated to include Z. Wirth, L. Schubert, M. Vinton, E. Albus, K. Love, G. Overstreet, T. Sharp, E. Tilleman, S. Gist, J. Schillinger, L. Deming, P. Fielder, G. Kmetz, G. Parry, and B. Beard.

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Committee
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Feb 19, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Education
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Feb 11, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education
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Feb 10, 2025
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(H) Introduced
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Zack Wirth
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