republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/hb-221.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Allow campaign contributions to be used for candidate childcare	Allow campaign contributions to be used for candidate childcare	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	HB 221	Montana HB 221 (2021)	bill	Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)	enacted	Alice Buckley	4	53	9	2020-12-12	2021-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/507cb7b1-7a15-451e-afb6-a149dbc0e4b7	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=221&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	3032eeaf0932f200b1f9bdacb6101b6c3fde67dfc3ea81f10632cd4f8ad1e7f2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 221 (2021) — Allow campaign contributions to be used for candidate childcare

Version chain

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

1. HB0221_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0221_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0221_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 54–46 (pass) · lower
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 33–16 (pass) · upper
• AMD-001 Skees D/PASS — 36–64 (fail) · lower
• Do Concur — 51–46 (pass) · lower
• DO PASS — 11–8 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 31–19 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 56–44 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 63–37 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alice Buckley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-12 Draft Request Received
• 2021-01-07 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2021-01-12 Draft On Hold
• 2021-01-12 Draft Taken Off Hold
• 2021-01-12 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-01-12 Draft in Edit
• 2021-01-17 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-01-18 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-01-18 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-01-18 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-01-18 Executive Director Review
• 2021-01-19 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-01-19 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-01-19 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-01-19 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-01-20 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2021-01-22 Introduced introduction
• 2021-01-22 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2021-01-25 Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration referral-committee
• 2021-01-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-01-29 Hearing - (H) State Administration
• 2021-02-03 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration committee-passage
• 2021-02-03 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration committee-passage
• 2021-02-05 Amendments Available
• 2021-02-05 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-02-05 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed amendment-failure
• 2021-02-05 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-02-08 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-02-08 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-08 Transmitted to Senate
• 2021-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-09 Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Hearing - (S) State Administration
• 2021-03-19 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
• 2021-03-22 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-03-22 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
• 2021-04-12 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-12 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2021-04-13 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-13 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-13 Returned to House with Amendments
• 2021-04-23 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-23 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2021-04-26 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-26 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-26 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-04-30 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-04-30 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2021-05-04 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-05-04 Signed by President
• 2021-05-04 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-12 Chapter Number Assigned became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/507cb7b1-7a15-451e-afb6-a149dbc0e4b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).