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HB457 • 2025

Revise best beginnings eligibility

Revise best beginnings eligibility

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Jonathan Karlen
Last action
2025-05-20
Official status
(H) Died in Process
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Revise best beginnings eligibility

Revise best beginnings eligibility

What This Bill Does

  • Revise best beginnings eligibility

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-20 HOUSE

    (H) Died in Process

  2. 2025-04-09 HOUSE

    (H) Missed Deadline for Appropriation Bill Transmittal

  3. 2025-03-25 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned

  4. 2025-03-25 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Printed

  5. 2025-03-24 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Received

  6. 2025-03-21 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  7. 2025-03-21 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Not Passed

  8. 2025-03-18 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Requested

  9. 2025-02-22 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed

  10. 2025-02-21 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed

  11. 2025-02-21 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed

  12. 2025-02-17 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  13. 2025-02-12 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  14. 2025-02-12 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  15. 2025-02-12 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  16. 2025-02-10 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  17. 2025-01-06 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  18. 2025-01-06 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  19. 2025-01-06 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  20. 2025-01-06 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  21. 2025-01-06 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  22. 2025-01-06 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  23. 2024-11-29 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Revise best beginnings eligibility

Current Bill Text

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69th Legislature 2025 HB 457.1
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 457
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 457
2 INTRODUCED BY J. KARLEN, J. REAVIS, L. MUSZKIEWICZ, B. EDWARDS, J. ISALY, M. LEE, P. STRAND,
3 J. SECKINGER, B. CLOSE, P. ELVERUM, S. FYANT, J. WEBER, A. GRIFFITH, M. CUNNINGHAM, D. BAUM,
4 B. CARTER, J. COHENOUR, C. KEOGH, E. STAFMAN, D. JOY
5
6 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING THE FAMILY INCOME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
7 FOR THE BEST BEGINNINGS CHILD CARE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; PROVIDING AN
8 APPROPRIATION; AMENDING SECTION 52-2-715, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.”
9
10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
11
12Section 1. Section 52-2-715, MCA, is amended to read:
13 "52-2-715. Family income eligibility requirements. In determining income eligibility for the best
14 beginnings child care scholarship program, the department shall:
15 (1) set a qualifying income threshold at no less than 185% of the federal poverty level 85% of the
16 state median income for each family size; and
17 (2) set a maximum qualifying income level that is no higher than that allowed by the federal child
18 care and development block grant."
19
20 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Appropriation. (1) There is appropriated $17 million from the general
21 fund to the department of public health and human services for each year of the biennium beginning July 1,
22 2025, for the purposes of the best beginnings child care scholarship program.
23 (2) The legislature intends that the appropriation in this section be considered part of the ongoing
24 base for the next legislative session.
25
26 NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2025.
27 - END -