---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise state income tax medical care savings account investment options"
description: "Revise state income tax medical care savings account investment options"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 253"
citation: "Montana SB 253 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-10-13"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/616674b9-5174-4891-9342-dc70ec1a6f48"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=253&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "85499ac891baf123db49732e23bb68e25baa280110ebc7274d33652c6e50eb5f"
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 253 (2021) — Revise state income tax medical care savings account investment options

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0253_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0253_1.pdf)
2. **SB0253_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0253_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0253.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-13** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-08** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-09** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-11** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-12** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-12** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-12** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2021-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to House
- **2021-03-02** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-03-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** Returned to Senate
- **2021-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-15** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-15** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-22** Signed by President
- **2021-04-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** 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/616674b9-5174-4891-9342-dc70ec1a6f48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).