Provide income tax benefit to support emergency response volunteers
HB 129 provides an income tax benefit for volunteer firefighters and volunteer emergency care providers in Montana. The bill allows these "full-service volunteers" to subtract a specific amount from their taxable income. This deduction is designed to increase annually with an inflation factor. The legislation amends existing state tax code to implement these changes, with a delayed effective date.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025
Signed May 16, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Apr 23, 2025 · House Feb 5, 2025
How they voted
28–22
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 23, 2025
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican32
68% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
46
Key actions
11
Committee
10
May 12, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (28-22)
senate
Apr 18, 2025
Committee
(S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Taxation
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Taxation
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation
upper
Feb 5, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (96-4)
house
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Appropriations
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Appropriations
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Committee
(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Taxation
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Taxation
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Llew Jones
RRepublican
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