---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide taxpayer election to contribute to ABLE and education savings accounts"
description: "Provide taxpayer election to contribute to ABLE and education savings accounts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 207"
citation: "Montana SB 207 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges (see also: University System)", "Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Individual Income", "University System (see also: Colleges)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Jacobson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66113152-1d88-452d-bc8d-d99ef621f0c0"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=207&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "2cd9ce8edc21be12792d351e73024a929ae2a08d9807ec2b357e1c52f4162c21"
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 SB 207 (2019) — Provide taxpayer election to contribute to ABLE and education savings accounts

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0207_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0207_1.pdf)
2. **SB0207_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0207_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0207.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **93–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **89–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tom Jacobson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-29** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-29** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-30** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-30** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-04** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-04** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-11** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-12** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-13** Hearing
- **2019-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-20** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-21** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Hearing
- **2019-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-19** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-25** Signed by President
- **2019-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-03** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66113152-1d88-452d-bc8d-d99ef621f0c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).