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House Taxation Committee advances several bills in executive action; two fail or are tabled
Summary
The House Taxation Committee completed executive action on multiple bills, passing several measures (including two child- and family-related tax credits) and tabling or rejecting others after roll-call votes.
The Montana House Taxation Committee met for executive action on a slate of bills, approving several measures by roll call, tabling one and rejecting another.
Committee members approved House Bill 826 and House Bill 827 and passed House Bill 845 as amended. The committee tabled House Bill 841 and rejected House Bill 842. Later in the session the committee removed House Bill 537 (a child/birth-related credit bill) and House Bill 220 from the table and approved both by roll call.
Committee Chair Felder opened the session noting five bills slated for executive action and later called roll-call votes on each measure. House Bill 827 passed 12–9; House Bill 841 was tabled by voice and proxy counts announced as 21–0 in favor of tabling; House Bill 842 failed on a 4–17 roll call; House Bill 845 (as amended) passed 17–4. House Bill 537 was taken off the table and later passed 17–4. House Bill 220 was removed from the table and passed 13–8. The transcript records that House Bill 826 received committee approval during executive action; the clerk reported votes had been recorded but a complete tally of yes/no counts was not read aloud in the segment preserved in the transcript.
Committee members offered limited discussion on individual measures before voting; several members invoked constituent emails and concerns to explain their votes. The committee took votes by roll call for contested measures and used proxies where permitted by the committee’s rules for some actions.
What happens next: bills that passed move on per committee procedure; the transcript indicates the committee planned to reconvene for further hearings and executive actions on subsequent days.
Votes at a glance - HB 826 — Motion: do pass. Outcome: approved in executive action (clerk announced votes recorded; roll-call details not fully read in this transcript segment). Notes: sponsor motion recorded; clerk reported votes recorded (13 votes recorded at one point). (Provenance: transcript entries discussing executive action and the HB 826 roll call.) - HB 827 — Motion: do pass. Outcome: passed 12–9 (roll call). (Provenance: roll-call segment announcing 12 aye, 9 no.) - HB 841 — Motion: do pass / then motion to table. Outcome: tabled by voice/proxy (announced 21–0 in favor of tabling). (Provenance: motion to table and clerk’s announcement.) - HB 842 — Motion: do pass. Outcome: failed 4–17 (roll call). (Provenance: roll-call readout and clerk’s announcement.) - HB 845 — Motion: do pass (as amended). Outcome: passed as amended 17–4 (voice vote on amendment; roll-call on final motion). (Provenance: amendment discussion, voice vote on amendment, roll-call on final motion.) - HB 537 — Motion: remove from table; then move to do pass. Outcome: removed from table; passed 17–4 on roll call after proponent and sponsor discussion. (Provenance: motion to remove, subsequent roll call.) - HB 220 — Motion: remove from table; then move to do pass. Outcome: removed from table; passed 13–8 (roll call). (Provenance: motion to remove and roll call.)
Sources: proceedings and roll-call announcements recorded in the House Taxation Committee transcript.
