Revise lottery state finance laws related to property tax relief
HB 893 proposes creating a new annual lottery game called "Montana millions" to provide funds for property tax assistance. This game would be held on July 4, offering four $1 million prizes, with 500,000 tickets sold at $20 each. After covering costs and prizes, the net revenue generated would be transferred to a state property tax assistance account. The bill also appropriates $50,000 to the Department of Revenue for implementing related provisions of Senate Bill No. 90, upon which this act is contingent.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 27, 2025
Last action May 20, 2025
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The bill text was renumbered from LC 4442 to HB 893, indicating a change in legislative tracking or a new filing. The document header was updated to reflect the new bill number, and the footer was modified to include a specific 'Authorized Print Version' label. No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, eligibility criteria, or operational requirements were altered.
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The bill identifier was changed from LC 4442 to HB 893 throughout the document headers and footers.
The footer text was updated to explicitly state 'Authorized Print Version - HB 893'.
Floor votes · House Apr 4, 2025
How they voted
23–0
Passed
Total votes 23
Apr 4, 2025
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican13
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 4, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (23-0)
house
Apr 4, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Katie Zolnikov
RRepublican
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