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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allow campaign contributions to be used for candidate childcare"
+description: "Allow campaign contributions to be used for candidate childcare"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 221"
+citation: "Montana HB 221 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alice Buckley"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2020-12-12"
+last_action: "2021-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/507cb7b1-7a15-451e-afb6-a149dbc0e4b7"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=221&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "3032eeaf0932f200b1f9bdacb6101b6c3fde67dfc3ea81f10632cd4f8ad1e7f2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
+---
+
+# Montana HB 221 (2021) — Allow campaign contributions to be used for candidate childcare
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0221_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0221_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0221_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0221_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0221_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0221_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0221.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **54–46** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **6–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **33–16** (pass) · upper
+- AMD-001 Skees D/PASS — **36–64** (fail) · lower
+- Do Concur — **51–46** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **11–8** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **56–44** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **63–37** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alice Buckley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-12** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-01-07** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-01-12** Draft On Hold
+- **2021-01-12** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2021-01-12** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-12** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-18** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-19** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-19** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-22** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-25** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-29** Hearing - (H) State Administration
+- **2021-02-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-03** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-05** Amendments Available
+- **2021-02-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-05** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-02-05** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-08** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-08** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-09** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-17** Hearing - (S) State Administration
+- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
+- **2021-03-22** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
+- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-13** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-26** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-04-30** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-04-30** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
+- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-12** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/507cb7b1-7a15-451e-afb6-a149dbc0e4b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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