SB 328 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revise deadline for appeal of county tax appeal board decision

SB 328 revises the deadline for appealing a decision made by a county tax appeal board to the Montana Tax Appeal Board. The bill affects taxpayers, the Department of Revenue, and municipal corporations involved in property tax appeals. It amends existing law to calculate the 30-calendar-day appeal window solely from the date the county board mails its decision. This change removes the option to calculate the deadline based on the date the decision is received, providing a single, consistent starting point for the appeal period.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 14, 2025 Signed May 8, 2025
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The bill text was updated to remove a closing marker and extra blank lines, indicating the end of the document. No substantive policy changes, such as new rules, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria, were introduced in this version.
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Removed the document closing marker and extraneous blank lines at the end of the bill text.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2025 · House Mar 31, 2025

How they voted

500
Passed
Total votes 50
Mar 3, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% 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
9
Committee
6
Apr 17, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Mar 31, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (99-0-1)
house
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Taxation
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Taxation
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (50-0)
senate
Feb 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Local Government
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Local Government
upper
Feb 15, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Photo of Daniel Zolnikov
Daniel Zolnikov
RRepublican
MT
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