SB 327 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revise motor vehicle registration fees

SB 327 does not change motor vehicle registration fees themselves but revises the formula for distributing revenue from vehicle-related fees to local governments. It amends Montana law (sections 15-1-121, 15-1-122, 61-3-321, and 61-3-562) to adjust how entitlement share payments are calculated for counties, cities, and towns. The bill updates the growth rate calculation for these payments, basing it on specific state revenue sources like vehicle fees (from section 61-3-321) and income taxes, rather than using the previous method. This directly affects all local governments receiving these annual revenue distributions. The bill was referred to the Taxation committee and died in committee in May 2025.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 14, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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What changed between versions

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MINOR
The bill text was amended to use all capital letters for the introductory sentence, changing 'is amended' to 'IS AMENDED'. This is a purely technical formatting adjustment with no impact on the bill's legal meaning, scope, or policy.
TECHNICAL

The introductory sentence of Section 1 was capitalized to match standard legislative formatting conventions.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 3, 2025

How they voted

437
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 3, 2025
D Democratic18
11 Yea 7 Nay
61% Yea
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
39
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Apr 16, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (43-7)
senate
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
(S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Taxation
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Taxation
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation
upper
Feb 14, 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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