Revise property tax rates for agricultural, residential, and commercial property
HB 528 revises Montana property tax rates for agricultural, residential, and commercial property. It lowers the tax rate for class three agricultural land from 2.16% to 1.7% of its productive capacity value, and reduces the tax rate for class four residential property from 1.35% to 0.76% of market value. Commercial property rates remain at 1.35% of market value but include specific adjustments for properties over $1.5 million in value. The bill applies retroactively to tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, and the 2025 reappraisal cycle.
Bill status
died
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2025
Last action May 22, 2025
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The bill updates the formatting of the section header in the Montana Code Annotated to use all capital letters, changing 'is amended to read' to 'SECTION 15-10-420, MCA, IS AMENDED TO READ'. This is a technical correction to the text of the statute and does not alter any substantive policy, funding, eligibility, or enforcement provisions.
TECHNICAL
The section header text was capitalized for consistency with standard legislative formatting conventions.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 23, 2025 · House Apr 5, 2025
How they voted
36–13
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Apr 23, 2025
D
Democratic18
72% Nay
R
Republican32
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
50
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Apr 23, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-13-1)
senate
Apr 16, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Taxation
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation
upper
Apr 5, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (64-34-2)
house
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Appropriations
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Committee
(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Taxation
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Taxation
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ed Byrne
RRepublican
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