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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

House Bill 220: Provide for a child tax credit

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Jan 15
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 28
✅ House
Passed House
Apr 3
❌ Senate
Failed in Senate
Apr 17
⚪️ Gov.
Sponsor:
Mary Caferro DHelena / HD 81
| Requester: Mary Caferro
📃 Bill text
Available here
💵 Fiscal note
Available here
🏛 Legal note
None on file
🖍 Proposed amendments
None on file
See also: The official bill page.

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP stories involving the bill
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Jan 15
Introduced
Jan 16
Referred to Committee
Jan 16
First Reading
Jan 29
Hearing
👥 House Taxation
Feb 4
Tabled in Committee
❌ 20-1
R12-0
D8-1
Feb 4
Tabled in Committee
Mar 28
Taken from Table in Committee
✅ 12-4
R5-4
D7-0
Mar 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Taxation
✅ 13-8
R5-7
D8-1
Mar 28
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Mar 31
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 69-30
R27-30
D42-0
Mar 31
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 31
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Apr 1
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 22-1
R12-1
D10-0
Apr 1
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Apr 3
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 72-27
R30-27
D42-0
Apr 3
Transmitted to Senate
Apr 4
Referred to Committee
Apr 4
First Reading
Apr 10
Hearing
👥 Senate Taxation
Apr 12
Hearing
👥 Senate Taxation
Apr 16
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Taxation
✅ 5-3
R2-3
D3-0
Apr 17
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 28-22
R10-22
D18-0
Apr 17
Rereferred to Committee
May 22
Died in Standing Committee
Showing major bill actions only.
This table may omit bill actions recorded since this guide's last update. See the bill page at legmt.gov for an official reference.

About the 2025 Montana Free Press Capitol Tracker

This guide is an effort to make the quantifiable aspects of the Montana Legislature more accessible to the public by compiling information about lawmakers, proposed bills and the legislative process. This is a project of Montana Free Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit newsroom that aims to provide Montanans with in-depth, nonpartisan news coverage.

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