Revise property tax information required in preliminary budgets
HB 37 requires Montana counties and local governments to include specific property tax amounts in their preliminary annual budget documents. It mandates that budgets detail the prior year's property tax levied on $100,000 residential property value and the estimated tax for the current year on the same value, plus similar figures for $300,000 and $600,000 home values. This change applies directly to county governments preparing their annual operating budgets and affects how they report tax impacts to residents. The bill revises existing budget filing requirements under Section 7-6-4020, MCA, to add these transparency measures.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Dec 7, 2024
Signed Apr 7, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Mar 20, 2025 · House Jan 20, 2025
How they voted
46–4
Passed
Total votes 50
Mar 20, 2025
D
Democratic18
88% Yea
R
Republican32
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
38
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Apr 7, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (46-4)
senate
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Local Government
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Local Government
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government
upper
Jan 20, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (90-8-2)
house
Jan 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Local Government
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Local Government
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Local Government
lower
Dec 20, 2024
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government
lower
Dec 7, 2024
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Greg Oblander
RRepublican
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