---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for job creation tax credits"
description: "Provide for job creation tax credits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 629"
citation: "Montana HB 629 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor and Employment (see also: Unemployment Insurance; Workers' Comp)", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Corporations", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Fern"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 78
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-11-14"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd0a4d5b-e64c-4d45-a7f2-119c8c38be3b"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=629&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "3fe2c70e12df4ea547c45e8f500e0c362ff33b0406d8f927d42b16582147867e"
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 629 (2021) — Provide for job creation tax credits

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0629_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0629_1.pdf)
2. **HB0629_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0629_2.pdf)
3. **HB0629_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0629_3.pdf)
4. **HB0629_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0629_4.pdf)
5. **HB0629_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0629_X.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0629.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **78–20** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **78–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **16–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **74–26** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **82–18** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **15–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **71–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Fern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-14** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-15** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-22** Draft Back for Requester Changes
- **2021-03-01** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-03-02** Draft in Edit
- **2021-03-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-03-03** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-03-09** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-03-09** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-09** Executive Director Review
- **2021-03-09** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-03-09** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-09** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-03-09** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-03-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-12** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-12** Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-17** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-18** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-03-18** Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2021-03-18** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-26** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-31** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-03-31** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-31** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-31** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-07** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-08** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-09** Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-13** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-04-13** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-14** Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2021-04-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Taxation
- **2021-04-16** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-04-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Taxation
- **2021-04-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-22** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-22** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-04-22** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **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
- **2021-05-04** 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/fd0a4d5b-e64c-4d45-a7f2-119c8c38be3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).