# Montana HB 381: Provide for educational credit for students volunteering in long term care, nursing home, home care, and child care settings Montana HB 381, Provide for educational credit for students volunteering in long term care, nursing home, home care, and child care settings, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Ed Buttrey (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB381-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 381 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Provide for educational credit for students volunteering in long term care, nursing home, home care, and child care settings - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-03 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Ed Buttrey (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Education - K-12, Labor and Employment - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 10 (787 yes, 4 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Credit for juniors and seniors' care work: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Montana juniors and seniors can earn high school elective credits for paid or volunteer work in child-care facilities, congregate-care facilities (like nursing homes or long-term care), or school-age programs. Students earn 1 elective credit for every 250 hours worked, up to… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ed Buttrey (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-30 | House | Do Concur | pass | 98 | 2 | | | 2025-04-30 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2025-04-29 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 48 | 0 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Do Concur | pass | 99 | 1 | | | 2025-04-17 | House | Do Concur | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-04-16 | House | Do Concur | pass | 100 | 0 | | | 2025-04-11 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 48 | 0 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2025-03-01 | House | Do Pass | pass | 97 | 0 | | | 2025-02-28 | House | Do Pass | pass | 98 | 1 | | ## Actions (35) - 2025-05-19: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-07: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-05-02: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-30: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-30: 3rd Reading Governor's Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-30: 3rd Reading Governor's Amendments (House) - 2025-04-29: 2nd Reading Governor's Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-29: 2nd Reading Governor's Amendments (House) - 2025-04-28: Returned with Governor's Amendments (House) - 2025-04-28: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-04-28: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-25: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-23: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-18: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-17: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-16: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-11: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-11: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-10: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-03-03: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-01: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-02-28: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-02-26: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-25: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-07: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-04: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-02-04: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-03: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - As Amended (Version 4), 2025-05-01: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=7c2fa5ac-7ac3-4e8d-98ec-e180ccbcbc80) - Enrolled, 2025-04-22: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=05ff27e9-2f71-4523-b578-3a30d5a2671c) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-04-08: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=1c0d76f8-bfaf-4580-a7c8-22c0d3546a26) - Introduced, 2025-02-03: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8ad9ce28-0aa1-466b-8f41-09bd3e00da9f) ## 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 4) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=7c2fa5ac-7ac3-4e8d-98ec-e180ccbcbc80) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=05ff27e9-2f71-4523-b578-3a30d5a2671c) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=1c0d76f8-bfaf-4580-a7c8-22c0d3546a26) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8ad9ce28-0aa1-466b-8f41-09bd3e00da9f) ## 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) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB381-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).