SB 458 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revise commercial property assessed capital enhancement program laws

SB 458 expands the types of projects eligible for financing through Commercial Property-Assessed Capital Enhancements (CPACE) programs. It allows commercial, industrial, multifamily housing, and agricultural property owners to finance "public safety and resiliency improvement projects." These projects include enhancements for seismic structural integrity, indoor air quality, resistance to wind, fire, and flooding, power outage resilience, and stormwater control measures. Local governments can establish these programs, enabling property owners to secure third-party financing repaid through a property assessment.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Signed May 8, 2025
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What changed between versions

SB0458_1(5).pdf SB0458_X.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was finalized as an enrolled version, correcting a citation error in the title to include Section 90-4-1307 and removing redundant line breaks. Substantively, the definition of 'public safety and resiliency improvement' was expanded to explicitly include measures for stormwater control and firearm storage infrastructure, broadening the types of projects eligible for financing under the program.
Scope change
The scope of eligible projects was expanded to include stormwater control measures and firearm storage infrastructure.
DEFINITION

Added 'stormwater control measures' to the list of improvements that enhance property resiliency.

Added 'firearm storage infrastructure' to the list of improvements that enhance public safety.

TECHNICAL

Corrected the bill title to properly cite Section 90-4-1307 and removed formatting artifacts from the draft version.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2025 · House Apr 11, 2025

How they voted

491
Passed
Total votes 50
Mar 6, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
31 Yea 1 Nay
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 11, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (97-2-1)
house
Apr 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Local Government
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Local Government
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-1)
senate
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
upper
Mar 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Ken Bogner
Ken Bogner
RRepublican
MT
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