---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise residential property tax credit for elderly"
description: "Revise residential property tax credit for elderly"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 191"
citation: "Montana HB 191 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "State", "Senior Citizens (see also: Retirement)", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Individual Income", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Hopkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 68
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-12-12"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/becaa63e-a6a9-417b-b526-a2168aeff3c7"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=191&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "584808935c40bab1f3c508455d5787368ec0a66b9c0f2db769a37b4668a7356b"
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 191 (2021) — Revise residential property tax credit for elderly

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0191_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0191_1.pdf)
2. **HB0191_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0191_2.pdf)
3. **HB0191_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0191_3.pdf)
4. **HB0191_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0191_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0191.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Hopkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-12** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-21** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-05** Draft On 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
- **2021-01-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-19** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-26** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-26** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-26** Hearing Canceled - (H) Taxation
- **2021-01-26** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-27** Sponsor List Modified
- **2021-02-02** Hearing Canceled - (H) Taxation
- **2021-02-23** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-24** Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2021-02-24** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-26** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-26** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-26** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-16** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-23** Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2021-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
- **2021-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
- **2021-04-21** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** 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/becaa63e-a6a9-417b-b526-a2168aeff3c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).