# Montana HB 908: Generally revise employee tax credit laws to include apprentices Montana HB 908, Generally revise employee tax credit laws to include apprentices, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Curtis Schomer (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-HB908-2025 - 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 908 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Generally revise employee tax credit laws to include apprentices - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-28 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Curtis Schomer (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Labor and Employment, Revenue, State - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (237 yes, 61 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Stackable tax credits for hiring apprentices: benefit, high. Employers can now claim both Montana’s apprenticeship tax credit and the Grow Montana job‑growth credit in the same tax year. Each credit must be approved for that year with a state Labor and Industry credit certificate. Hiring a construction apprentice, as defined by state law, counts as a qualify… - State names job credit recipients and amounts: mixed, low. The Department of Revenue reports every two years on job‑growth tax credits. The report lists approvals, credit certificates, employer names, and the credit amounts claimed. This report is not protected by the usual tax confidentiality rules. The law also repeals two earlier session law sections to… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Curtis Schomer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ed Buttrey (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Wendy McKamey (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-22 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 30 | 20 | | | 2025-04-18 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 32 | 18 | | | 2025-04-05 | House | Do Pass | pass | 85 | 13 | | | 2025-04-04 | House | Do Pass | pass | 90 | 10 | | ## Actions (40) - 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) - 2025-04-28: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-22: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-22: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-18: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-04-10: Revised Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-04-09: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-04-07: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-07: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-05: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-04-05: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-04-04: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-04-03: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-04-03: Committee Report (House) - 2025-04-03: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-04-03: Taken from Table in Committee (House) - 2025-04-02: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-04-02: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-04-02: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-04-01: Tabled in Committee (House) - 2025-04-01: Hearing (House) - 2025-04-01: Rereferred to Committee (House) - 2025-04-01: Committee Report (House) - 2025-04-01: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-31: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-31: Rereferred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-31: Hearing Canceled (House) - 2025-03-31: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-29: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-03-29: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-28: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-03-28: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-23: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=24aed37d-0d2c-4ef0-8995-7411d4b49979) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-04-02: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6ce8afd2-abe7-4b3b-a8b7-e0715fc35a6f) - Introduced, 2025-03-28: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=48d0c64d-5fa4-4c4b-961a-5131c7936d1c) ## 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 - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=24aed37d-0d2c-4ef0-8995-7411d4b49979) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6ce8afd2-abe7-4b3b-a8b7-e0715fc35a6f) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=48d0c64d-5fa4-4c4b-961a-5131c7936d1c) ## 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-HB908-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).