HB 220 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Provide for a child tax credit

HB 220 would establish a refundable child tax credit for Montana resident taxpayers with children under age 5. It provides a $1,200 credit per qualifying child, phasing out for taxpayers with federal adjusted gross income over $56,000 (with a $50,000 phaseout threshold). The credit is refundable, meaning eligible families could receive it as a payment even if they owed no state income tax. The bill also adds the child tax credit to Montana’s required periodic review schedule for tax credits. The bill died in committee on May 22, 2025, and did not become law.
Bill status died 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Last action May 22, 2025
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What changed between versions

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MINOR
The bill's sponsor list was updated to include new legislators (T. Crowe) and remove others (Z. Zephyr, E. Boldman, W. Curdy, M. Dunwell, J. Ellis, P. Flowers, D. Harvey, D. Hayman, E. Kerr-Carpenter, J. Morigeau, S. Morigeau, C. Neumann, S. Novak, A. Olsen, C. Pope, S. Webber). This change reflects a shift in legislative sponsorship but does not alter the bill's substantive policy, scope, or requirements.
TECHNICAL

The list of bill sponsors was modified to add T. Crowe and remove multiple previous sponsors, indicating a change in legislative leadership or coalition without affecting the bill's content.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 17, 2025 · House Apr 3, 2025

How they voted

2822
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 17, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
10 Yea 22 Nay
68% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
47
Key actions
9
Committee
11
Amendments
1
Apr 18, 2025
Committee
(S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (28-22)
senate
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Taxation
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Taxation
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation
upper
Apr 3, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (72-27-1)
house
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Appropriations
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Taxation
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Taxation
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Taken from Table in Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Mary Caferro
Mary Caferro
DDemocratic
MT
81