---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for Montana earned income tax credit"
description: "Provide for Montana earned income tax credit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 391"
citation: "Montana HB 391 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Jacobson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 77
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2016-06-22"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e26edb37-45f0-480d-bb7d-47960b52de17"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0156&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "43000e517424ecf2ddd10577d02713c7d1fc50ab4e13364bedeb794dffdbe735"
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 391 (2017) — Provide for Montana earned income tax credit

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/HB0391.pdf)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **61–39** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **66–34** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **9–3** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **11–9** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **17–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **68–32** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **28–22** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **66–32** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Tom Jacobson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-06-22** Draft Request Received
- **2016-10-25** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2016-10-25** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-11-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-11-08** Draft in Edit
- **2016-12-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-12-05** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-12-09** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-09** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-12** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-12** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2016-12-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2016-12-27** Draft Back for Redo
- **2016-12-27** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-28** Executive Director Final Review
- **2016-12-29** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-12** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-02** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-08** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-09** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-09** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-15** Hearing
- **2017-03-10** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-10** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-10** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-13** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-13** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-03-14** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing
- **2017-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** Hearing
- **2017-04-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-07** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-11** Taken from 2nd Reading; Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-12** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-04-18** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-04-18** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-04-18** Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-19** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-20** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-04-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-25** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-26** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-27** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-28** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by President
- **2017-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e26edb37-45f0-480d-bb7d-47960b52de17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).