---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for review of income tax credits"
description: "Provide for review of income tax credits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 723"
citation: "Montana HB 723 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Corporations", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Fern"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 65
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2019-03-15"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3444f6b5-2ce7-41d3-b2ba-911c2a7da139"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=723&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "b6930dfdf117dbc844696b4573a59f2d853060337e93040aa3faa86779f8b5e6"
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 723 (2019) — Provide for review of income tax credits

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0723_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0723_1.pdf)
2. **HB0723_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0723_2.pdf)
3. **HB0723_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0723_3.pdf)
4. **HB0723_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0723_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0723.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **71–29** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- PassCons HB 723-Thomas — **29–21** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur As Amended — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **68–29** (pass) · lower
- AMD-002 Gillespie D/PASS — **29–21** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Fern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-15** Draft Request Received
- **2019-03-16** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-03-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-18** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-03-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-20** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-22** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-26** Hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Hearing
- **2019-03-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-30** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Hearing
- **2019-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-17** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-23** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-23** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-23** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3444f6b5-2ce7-41d3-b2ba-911c2a7da139`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).