SB 133 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revise impact fee laws

SB 133 revises the laws governing impact fees that local governments charge on new development. The bill removes the ability for governmental entities to include an administrative fee within impact charges and limits impact fee increases to the rate of inflation. It also updates definitions related to these fees and details the required documentation for their calculation, such as a service area report.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed May 13, 2025
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The bill text shows a minor formatting adjustment where a line break was removed from the title, merging the description of inflation caps and definition revisions into a single continuous line. This change does not alter the substantive policy, legal requirements, or scope of the legislation.
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Removed a line break in the bill title to improve formatting consistency.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2025 · House Apr 11, 2025

How they voted

3218
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 15, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
42
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 9, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-18)
senate
Apr 12, 2025
Introduced
(H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
lower
Apr 11, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (54-45-1)
house
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Local Government
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Local Government
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Local Government
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Greg Hertz
Greg Hertz
RRepublican
MT
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