HB 29 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise administration of property tax exemptions

HB 29 requires Montana's Department of Revenue to review all tax-exempt properties (like those owned by nonprofits or religious organizations) at least once every eight years. It mandates the department to publicly post detailed maps showing each exempt property’s location, owner, legal description, exemption type, and value, organized by county. The law also requires the department to report biennially to the legislature on review results, including numbers of approved/denied exemptions and their estimated values. This bill directly affects property owners utilizing tax exemptions and increases transparency about which properties qualify for exemption under Montana law.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Jan 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Dec 6, 2024 Signed Mar 4, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House Jan 20, 2025

How they voted

482
Passed
Total votes 50
Feb 18, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
30 Yea 2 Nay
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Mar 4, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (48-2)
senate
Jan 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Taxation
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Taxation
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation
upper
Jan 20, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (98-0-2)
house
Jan 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Taxation
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Taxation
lower
Dec 20, 2024
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Dec 6, 2024
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Sherry Essmann
Sherry Essmann
RRepublican
MT
49