---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise tax credit for trades education and training"
description: "Revise tax credit for trades education and training"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 245"
citation: "Montana HB 245 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment and Labor (same as: Labor and Employment)", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sue Vinton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 60
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-10-24T20:46:32+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:54:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/547591be-3542-4cf8-b1ed-ad2e443a2f09"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0820"
source_hash: "487a003783209dda57c1f32dff2ceaff52d9301c6ce15dc367895dd88342b2c6"
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 245 (2023) — Revise tax credit for trades education and training

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0245.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full (1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6014)
2. **HB0245.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6012)
3. **HB0245.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6013)
4. **HB0245_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6017)
5. **HB0245_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6016)
6. **HB0245_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6019)
7. **HB0245_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6018)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **90–10** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **90–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **89–10** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **12–11** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sue Vinton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:54:42+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:28:28+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T18:40:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T17:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03T20:26:09+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03T20:26:08+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-02T00:04:28+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-01T22:18:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T20:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T02:08:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-18T21:44:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T22:19:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-13T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-13T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-05T21:11:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:47:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T19:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-30T19:08:17+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-20T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T17:34:58+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T20:24:09+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T14:26:32+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-15T22:13:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-14T20:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-03T21:36:02+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-03T20:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03T00:25:22+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31T22:58:40+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-19T22:29:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T22:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T19:52:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T16:00:57+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-19T01:01:17+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-18T22:00:24+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-17T23:36:54+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-13T22:35:15+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-13T20:11:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-13T18:27:51+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T17:30:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-12T23:52:04+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-12T23:52:03+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-11T18:59:00+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-10T17:35:12+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-09T22:41:13+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-09T22:41:06+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-09T22:11:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-09T20:51:54+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-09T16:32:05+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-09T16:32:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-07T00:51:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-06T22:57:51+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-06T16:01:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-04T20:26:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-24T20:46:32+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/547591be-3542-4cf8-b1ed-ad2e443a2f09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).