---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for infrastructure through tax increment financing"
description: "Provide for infrastructure through tax increment financing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 388"
citation: "Montana SB 388 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Finance (see also: City Finance; County Finance)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 78
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2020-10-21"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dddd5490-c5e0-4e07-ad5e-7a36ec0cb712"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=388&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "9212b12e556099cae64a43d62b76b872347a2017948e4776d897b6533a99eb96"
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 388 (2021) — Provide for infrastructure through tax increment financing

## Version chain

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

1. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0388.pdf)
2. **SB0388_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0388_1.pdf)
3. **SB0388_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0388_2.pdf)
4. **SB0388_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0388_3.pdf)
5. **SB0388_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0388_4.pdf)
6. **SB0388_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0388_X.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **28–22** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **6–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **71–28** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **28–22** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **12–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **64–34** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **28–22** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **79–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-21** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-30** Draft On Hold
- **2021-02-17** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-03-15** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-03-17** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-03-17** Draft in Edit
- **2021-03-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-03-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-03-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-03-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-18** Executive Director Review
- **2021-03-19** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-03-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-03-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-03-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-19** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-19** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2021-03-29** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-30** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-31** Tabled in Committee - (S) Local Government `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-04-01** Taken from Table in Committee - (S) Local Government
- **2021-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-06** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-07** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Transmitted to House
- **2021-04-09** Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2021-04-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Taxation
- **2021-04-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Taxation
- **2021-04-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-21** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-04-22** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-22** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-04-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-04-22** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-27** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2021-04-28** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Hearing - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-29** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-29** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-30** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-12** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** 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/dddd5490-c5e0-4e07-ad5e-7a36ec0cb712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).