# Montana HB 320: Establish the Montana's academic prosperity program for scholars act

Montana HB 320, Establish the Montana's academic prosperity program for scholars act, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Lee Deming (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-05-20 (Died in Process); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana HB 320
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Establish the Montana's academic prosperity program for scholars act
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-27
- Last action: 2025-05-20, Died in Process
- Sponsor: Lee Deming (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Education - K-12, Taxation--Corporations, Taxation--Individual Income, Revenue, State, Rule Making, Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (97 yes, 103 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lee Deming (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sue Vinton (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-19 | House | Do Pass | fail | 46 | 54 |   |
| 2025-02-10 | House | Do Pass | pass | 51 | 49 |   |

## Actions (24)

- 2025-05-20: Died in Process (House)
- 2025-04-07: Missed Deadline for Revenue Bill Transmittal (House)
- 2025-02-19: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-02-17: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-02-13: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-02-11: Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested (House)
- 2025-02-11: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House)
- 2025-02-11: Fiscal Note Unsigned (House)
- 2025-02-10: Hearing (House)
- 2025-02-10: Rereferred to Committee (House)
- 2025-02-10: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House)
- 2025-02-10: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-02-06: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-02-06: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (House)
- 2025-02-05: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-02-05: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-02-05: Fiscal Note Printed (House)
- 2025-02-04: Fiscal Note Unsigned (House)
- 2025-02-04: Fiscal Note Received (House)
- 2025-01-29: Hearing (House)
- 2025-01-28: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-01-28: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-01-27: Fiscal Note Requested (House)
- 2025-01-27: Introduced (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended (Version 2), 2025-02-06: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=30bd11ad-d49e-4dee-a31a-5af3db134f8c)
- Introduced, 2025-01-27: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=64e10dc0-d179-404f-98ee-84bb9e738ce0)

## Related bills

- SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed)
- HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed)
- HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed)
- SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed)
- SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)

## Sources
- [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=30bd11ad-d49e-4dee-a31a-5af3db134f8c)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=64e10dc0-d179-404f-98ee-84bb9e738ce0)

## Related
- [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025)
- [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025)
- [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025)
- [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025)
- [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB320-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).