republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/hb-279.md

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Bill	Revise laws related to tax credit scholarship and innovative education programs	Revise laws related to tax credit scholarship and innovative education programs	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	HB 279	Montana HB 279 (2021)	bill	Revenue State Schools and Education Taxation (Generally) Taxation--Corporations Taxation--Individual Income	enacted	Seth Berglee	5	68	9	2020-11-05	2021-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/bb4fcf09-02cd-45ae-9c8f-e5d1637341b5	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=279&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	527d0ee05609cb45699436fc4b81f73bdeedda8c0812b94118c8c42c7d5bcb34	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 279 (2021) — Revise laws related to tax credit scholarship and innovative education programs

Version chain

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

1. HB0279_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0279_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0279_3.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. HB0279_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Concur — 28–22 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 29–21 (pass) · upper
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 12–7 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 64–36 (pass) · lower
• DO PASS — 10–7 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 62–37 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 91–9 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 67–33 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 64–35 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Seth Berglee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-11-05 Draft Request Received
• 2021-01-19 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-01-20 Draft in Edit
• 2021-01-25 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-01-25 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-01-25 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-01-25 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-01-26 Executive Director Review
• 2021-01-26 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-01-27 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-01-27 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-01-27 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-01-28 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2021-01-29 Introduced introduction
• 2021-01-29 Fiscal Note Requested
• 2021-01-29 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2021-02-01 Referred to Committee - (H) Education referral-committee
• 2021-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-09 Fiscal Note Received
• 2021-02-10 Fiscal Note Unsigned
• 2021-02-10 Fiscal Note Printed
• 2021-02-10 Hearing - (H) Education
• 2021-03-19 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education committee-passage
• 2021-03-23 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education committee-passage
• 2021-03-26 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-03-26 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-03-26 Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-03-30 Hearing - (H) Appropriations
• 2021-03-30 Amendments Available
• 2021-03-31 Revised Fiscal Note Requested
• 2021-03-31 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations committee-passage
• 2021-03-31 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-03-31 Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations committee-passage
• 2021-04-06 Revised Fiscal Note Received
• 2021-04-07 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-07 Fiscal Note Unsigned
• 2021-04-07 Revised Fiscal Note Printed
• 2021-04-07 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-04-08 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-08 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-08 Transmitted to Senate
• 2021-04-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-13 Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims referral-committee
• 2021-04-16 Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
• 2021-04-22 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
• 2021-04-22 Revised Fiscal Note Requested
• 2021-04-23 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
• 2021-04-23 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-04-26 Revised Fiscal Note Received
• 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 House with Amendments
• 2021-04-27 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-27 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2021-04-27 Fiscal Note Unsigned
• 2021-04-27 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-27 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-27 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-04-27 Revised Fiscal Note Printed
• 2021-05-02 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-05-02 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/bb4fcf09-02cd-45ae-9c8f-e5d1637341b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).