---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montana Entrepreneur Magnet Act"
description: "Montana Entrepreneur Magnet Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 184"
citation: "Montana SB 184 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Corporations", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Blasdel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 66
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2020-10-13"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f867d94-fc63-426e-95dd-b534213a3d1d"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=184&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "5f1ad2ad810d2709db76a8f94355b5f00b208295bf387aae7c6c258616406e4d"
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 SB 184 (2021) — Montana Entrepreneur Magnet Act

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0184_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0184_1.pdf)
2. **SB0184_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0184_2.pdf)
3. **SB0184_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0184_3.pdf)
4. **SB0184_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0184_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0184.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **66–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- ReconsAction-Skees — **67–31** (pass) · lower
- AMD-004 Mercer D/PASS — **93–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur As Amended — **49–51** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur As Amended — **71–29** (pass) · lower
- ReconsAction AMD on SB184-Mercer — **70–29** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Beard D/PASS — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- AMD-006 Beard D/PASS — **70–30** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **12–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Blasdel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-13** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-03** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-03** 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
- **2021-02-04** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-05** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-09** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-11** Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2021-02-11** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2021-03-11** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Taxation
- **2021-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Taxation
- **2021-03-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-19** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-25** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-03-25** 2nd Reading Not Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process
- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-26** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-29** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-03-31** Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process
- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-06** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-21** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-29** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-29** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11** 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/8f867d94-fc63-426e-95dd-b534213a3d1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).