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The lawmakers, bills and votes of the 69th Montana Legislature

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

Senate Bill 321: Provide tax credits for children and child care

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Feb 13
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Apr 1
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 5
❌ House
Voted down
Apr 23
⚪️ Gov.
Sponsor:
Josh Kassmier RFort Benton / SD 13
| Requester: Josh Kassmier
📃 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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Bills targeting Montana’s child care challenges maintaining steam
Apr 15, 2025 • Alex Sakariassen
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Poll: A majority of Montanans express concern over child care availability, affordability
Mar 25, 2025 • Zeke Lloyd
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Bills before Legislature aim to make child care more affordable, accessible
Feb 27, 2025 • Alex Sakariassen
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Feb 13
Introduced
Feb 14
First Reading
Feb 28
Referred to Committee
Mar 12
Hearing
👥 Senate Taxation
Mar 21
Hearing
👥 Senate Taxation
Apr 1
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 Senate Taxation
✅ 5-3
R2-3
D3-0
Apr 3
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 28-22
R10-22
D18-0
Apr 3
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 3
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Apr 4
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
✅ 12-10
R4-10
D8-0
Apr 5
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 29-19
R11-19
D18-0
Apr 5
Transmitted to House
Apr 7
Referred to Committee
Apr 7
First Reading
Apr 9
Hearing
👥 House Taxation
Apr 16
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 House Taxation
✅ 13-8
R4-8
D9-0
Apr 18
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
✅ 68-29
R26-29
D42-0
Apr 18
2nd Reading Concurred as Amended
✅ 58-40
R16-40
D42-0
Apr 18
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 18
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Apr 22
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Apr 23
Tabled in Committee
❌ 22-0
R13-0
D9-0
Apr 25
Motion Failed
❌ 46-53
R6-51
D40-2
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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