---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the MEDIA Act film tax credits"
description: "Revise the MEDIA Act film tax credits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 340"
citation: "Montana HB 340 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arts and Antiquities", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Corporations", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wylie Galt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 67
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-12"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48c947ac-1f34-41dc-9f1f-304073b7a09d"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=340&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "8cc43aa36f656c058c5ae3736e112e08a8fa2adb417ec49c9ff7861d759c78ef"
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 340 (2021) — Revise the MEDIA Act film tax credits

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0340_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0340_1.pdf)
2. **HB0340_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0340_2.pdf)
3. **HB0340_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0340_3.pdf)
4. **HB0340_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0340_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0340.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **27–23** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **79–15** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **83–17** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **17–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **77–20** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **82–16** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **16–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wylie Galt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-12** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-14** Draft On Hold
- **2021-01-19** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-01-19** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-22** Draft On Hold
- **2021-02-01** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-01** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-04** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-04** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-04** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-04** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-04** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-09** Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-15** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-15** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-02-15** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-23** Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2021-03-25** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-06** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-06** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-04-06** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-06** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-04-06** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-07** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-15** Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-27** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-04** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-04** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-14** 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/48c947ac-1f34-41dc-9f1f-304073b7a09d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).