Strengthen suicide prevention efforts in schools
SB 369 strengthens youth suicide prevention efforts in Montana schools by revising existing laws. It requires the Office of Public Instruction to ensure low-cost and no-cost options for youth suicide awareness and prevention training for schools. Employees of school districts and certain Office of Public Instruction staff who work directly with students must complete at least one hour of this training every three years. School districts are also required to include these training requirements in their suicide prevention and response policies.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 19, 2025
Signed May 8, 2025
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The bill text remains substantively identical between the two versions, with no changes to the core requirements for youth suicide awareness training. The only differences are minor formatting adjustments, such as the removal of blank lines at the end of the document and a slight shift in the indentation of the Senate Bill number, which do not affect the law's content or application.
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Floor votes · Senate Apr 12, 2025 · House Apr 10, 2025
How they voted
50–0
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 12, 2025
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican32
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
50
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 12, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (50-0)
senate
Apr 10, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (98-0-2)
house
Apr 10, 2025
Introduced
(H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Education
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Education
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Yakawich
RRepublican
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