---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Achieving a Better Life Experience Act laws"
description: "Revise Achieving a Better Life Experience Act laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 51"
citation: "Montana HB 51 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Hamilton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-28"
last_action: "2021-02-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5557a4f-f14a-4aec-b357-fca9af19bf9e"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=51&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "c1fe218610c30dd7003f435a8de9279ec1c7c3c695052c2b85a533d966624e9f"
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 51 (2021) — Revise Achieving a Better Life Experience Act laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0051_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0051_1.pdf)
2. **HB0051_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0051_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0051.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **43–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Hamilton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-28** Draft Request Received
- **2020-09-23** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-10-13** Draft in Edit
- **2020-10-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-10-21** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-23** Executive Director Review
- **2020-11-24** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Human Services `reading-1`
- **2021-01-11** Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2021-01-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-19** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-20** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2021-01-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
- **2021-02-01** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
- **2021-02-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-08** Returned to House
- **2021-02-09** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-19** Signed by President
- **2021-02-19** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-26** 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/a5557a4f-f14a-4aec-b357-fca9af19bf9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).