HB 87 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revising taxation of lands owned by department of fish, wildlife, and parks

HB 87 revises property taxation procedures for certain lands purchased by the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (DFWP), directly affecting the DFWP and counties. The bill mandates that these DFWP-owned lands will be assessed for property tax by the Department of Revenue in the same manner as property owned by a private citizen, while maintaining existing exceptions. This change also updates the process for county reimbursement related to these lands. The bill has an immediate effective date and a retroactive applicability date.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Dec 16, 2024 Signed May 8, 2025
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MINOR
The amendment removes the phrase 'AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE' from the bill text. This change eliminates the provision that would have made the new law effective immediately upon passage, likely shifting the effective date to a future date specified elsewhere in the legislation or by standard legislative procedure.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding its effective date changed from immediate implementation to a standard or future effective date.
TIMELINE

The provision establishing an immediate effective date for the bill was removed.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 11, 2025 · House Jan 27, 2025

How they voted

480
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 11, 2025
D Democratic18
17 Yea 1
94% Yea
R Republican32
31 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
50
Key actions
11
Committee
9
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 11, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (48-0-2)
senate
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Taxation
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Taxation
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation
upper
Jan 27, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (98-0-2)
house
Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Appropriations
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Appropriations
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
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 16, 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