2023 Capitol Tracker

The lawmakers, bills and votes of the 68th Montana Legislature

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πŸ› House
GOP-held 68-32
πŸ› Senate
GOP-held 34-16
πŸ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

SB 121: Reduce top marginal income tax rate and increase EITC

Cuts Montana income taxes and expands the state Earned Income Tax Credit on a long-term basis.
Became Law
βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Jan 4
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Jan 19
βœ… Senate
Passed Senate
Feb 14
βœ… House
Passed House
Mar 1
βœ… Gov.
Signed
Mar 13

Sponsor:
πŸ“ƒ Bill text
πŸ’΅ Fiscal note
πŸ› Legal note
None on file
πŸ– Proposed amendments
See also: The official bill page.

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP stories involving the bill
πŸ“° Taxes
Gianforte signs $1 billion Republican tax rebate, tax-cut package into law
Mar 13, 2023 β€’ Eric Dietrich
πŸ“° Taxes
Billion-dollar tax rebate, spending package heads to governor’s desk
Mar 1, 2023 β€’ Eric Dietrich
πŸ“° 2023 Legislature
How to spend a $2.5 billion surplus? Lawmakers have no shortage of ideas.
Jan 25, 2023 β€’ Eric Dietrich
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Jan 4
Introduced
Jan 4
Referred to Committee
πŸ‘₯ Senate Taxation
Jan 4
First Reading
Jan 17
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ Senate Taxation
Jan 19
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
πŸ‘₯ Senate Taxation
βœ… 7-5
R7-1
D0-4
Jan 25
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 20-29
R20-14
D0-15
Jan 25
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 22-27
R7-27
D15-0
Jan 25
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 20-29
R5-29
D15-0
Jan 25
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 15-34
R0-34
D15-0
Jan 25
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 34-15
R34-0
D0-15
Jan 25
Rereferred to Committee
Feb 2
Feb 9
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
βœ… 12-7
R12-1
D0-6
Feb 14
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 35-15
R34-0
D1-15
Feb 15
Transmitted to House
Feb 16
Referred to Committee
πŸ‘₯ House Taxation
Feb 16
First Reading
Feb 22
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ House Taxation
Feb 22
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
πŸ‘₯ House Taxation
βœ… 14-7
R14-0
D0-7
Feb 22
Rereferred to Committee
Feb 23
Feb 27
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
βœ… 16-7
R16-0
D0-7
Feb 28
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 31-68
R0-68
D31-0
Feb 28
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 32-68
R0-68
D32-0
Feb 28
2nd Reading Concurred
βœ… 68-32
R68-0
D0-32
Mar 1
3rd Reading Concurred
βœ… 68-30
R68-0
D0-30
Mar 2
Returned to Senate
Mar 10
Transmitted to Governor
Mar 13
Signed by Governor
Mar 13
Chapter Number Assigned
Showing major bill actions only.
This table may omit bill actions recorded since this guide's last update. See the bill page in LAWS for an official reference.

About the 2023 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.

The information presented here is collected from a variety of sources including the Montana Legislature’s public roster and its official bill-tracking system, the Legislative Automated Workflow System, or LAWS. Reporting and web design was done primarily by MTFP Deputy Editor Eric Dietrich. Please contact him at edietrich@montanafreepress.org with bug reports, questions or suggestions.

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