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HB 494 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise tobacco settlement allocations

HB 494 proposes to revise how Montana allocates its yearly tobacco settlement proceeds, effective July 1, 2025. This bill would change the distribution percentages between two state special revenue accounts. Currently, 32% of the proceeds fund statewide tobacco disease prevention programs, and 17% goes to the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). HB 494 would reverse these allocations, directing 17% to tobacco prevention and 32% to CHIP to secure federal matching funds.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesReallocates tobacco settlement funds to increase CHIP funding via federal matching, strengthening public health program financing within state budget.92% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareIncreases CHIP funding from 17% to 32% to expand children's health insurance coverage, securing federal matching funds for public health program.95% confidence
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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LC1626.pdf → HB0494_1.pdf · 2 edits
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The bill was renumbered from LC 1626 to HB 494 and the sponsor was identified as R. Marshall. These are administrative updates that do not alter the bill's legal content, funding levels, or policy requirements.
TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC 1626 to HB 494.

The sponsor's name, R. Marshall, was added to the introduction line.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Feb 22, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Human Services
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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RM
Ron Marshall
RRepublican
MT
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