---
type: "Bill"
title: "Non-refundable tax credit for employer-paid education of trade professions"
description: "Non-refundable tax credit for employer-paid education of trade professions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 252"
citation: "Montana HB 252 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Corporations", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 62
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-02"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6299a70f-0bc7-4329-a6d0-59a4703f217f"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=252&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "19fba43ec4b1dad06401b9b8b10c840f9b395a31d31651e14b550e1d4a9941e0"
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 252 (2021) — Non-refundable tax credit for employer-paid education of trade professions

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0252_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0252_1.pdf)
2. **HB0252_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0252_2.pdf)
3. **HB0252_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0252_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0252.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **72–28** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **80–20** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **28–22** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **14–4** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-02** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-25** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-25** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-25** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-25** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-25** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-25** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-25** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-26** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-26** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-26** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-26** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-26** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-27** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Hearing Canceled - (H) Taxation
- **2021-02-02** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-02** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-03** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-08** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-09** Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2021-02-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-09** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-09** Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2021-03-09** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-03-09** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
- **2021-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-16** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-17** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-25** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-26** Returned to House
- **2021-03-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-02** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-02** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Signed by President
- **2021-04-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-19** 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/6299a70f-0bc7-4329-a6d0-59a4703f217f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).