republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/hb-51.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	Revise Achieving a Better Life Experience Act laws	Revise Achieving a Better Life Experience Act laws	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	HB 51	Montana HB 51 (2021)	bill	Taxation (Generally) Taxation--Individual Income	enacted	Jim Hamilton	3	39	6	2020-08-28	2021-02-26	openstates	ocd-bill/a5557a4f-f14a-4aec-b357-fca9af19bf9e	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=51&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	c1fe218610c30dd7003f435a8de9279ec1c7c3c695052c2b85a533d966624e9f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 51 (2021) — Revise Achieving a Better Life Experience Act laws

Version chain

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

1. HB0051_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0051_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 48–2 (pass) · upper
• BE CONCURRED IN — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• DO PASS — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 43–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jim Hamilton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-08-28 Draft Request Received
• 2020-09-23 Draft in Legal Review
• 2020-10-13 Draft in Edit
• 2020-10-20 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2020-10-21 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2020-11-23 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2020-11-23 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2020-11-23 Executive Director Review
• 2020-11-24 Draft in Assembly
• 2020-12-13 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2020-12-13 Introduced introduction
• 2020-12-24 Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services referral-committee
• 2021-01-04 First Reading - (H) Human Services reading-1
• 2021-01-11 Hearing - (H) Human Services
• 2021-01-14 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services committee-passage
• 2021-01-15 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services committee-passage
• 2021-01-19 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-01-19 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-01-20 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-01-20 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-20 Transmitted to Senate
• 2021-01-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-01-21 Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 Hearing - (S) Taxation
• 2021-01-29 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
• 2021-02-01 Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
• 2021-02-05 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-02-05 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2021-02-08 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-02-08 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-08 Returned to House
• 2021-02-09 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-02-17 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-02-17 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2021-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-19 Signed by President
• 2021-02-19 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-02-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-02-26 Chapter Number Assigned became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5557a4f-f14a-4aec-b357-fca9af19bf9e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).