HB 665 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Preclude non-profit officers from personal liability for unpaid tax withholding

HB 665 exempts certain volunteer officers and directors of small nonprofit corporations from being held personally responsible for the corporation's failure to withhold taxes or file required statements. This protection applies to nonprofits that employ 10 or fewer paid employees. The exemption does not cover officers or directors who receive monetary compensation for their services, nor does it apply if the nonprofit has been out of compliance for over 12 months with outstanding unpaid taxes and penalties.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 22, 2025 Signed May 8, 2025
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The bill text has been updated to reflect its final enrolled status after passing the legislature. The substantive policy content regarding tax withholding, liability limits, and definitions remains unchanged. Minor formatting adjustments were made to remove placeholder lines and standardize punctuation.
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Removed placeholder lines and adjusted punctuation to finalize the bill text for official enrollment.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 16, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

3614
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 16, 2025
D Democratic18
4 Yea 14 Nay
77% Nay
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-14)
senate
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (99-0-1)
house
Mar 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Mar 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 22, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 22, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Party
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Photo of Bill Mercer
Bill Mercer
RRepublican
MT
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