SB 99 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revise unrelated business taxable income to include certain rental and accommodations income

SB 99 amends Montana tax law to treat certain rental and accommodations income earned by tax-exempt organizations as "unrelated business income" subject to taxation. This affects nonprofits and other exempt groups that previously did not pay tax on such income, including short-term rentals or property leasing activities. The bill creates new reporting requirements for these organizations and specifies how to calculate the tax based on Montana’s existing tax rates and sourcing rules. It modifies existing statutes to clarify that this income must now be included in taxable income calculations, rather than remaining exempt. The change applies to income generated from business activities unrelated to the organization’s exempt purpose.
Bill status died 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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What changed between versions

SB0099_1(8).pdf SB0099_2(7).pdf · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill underwent a technical renumbering and formatting update, changing the bill identifier from 'SB 99.1' to 'SB0099.2' and adjusting the header date format. No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, eligibility criteria, or legal requirements were altered in this version.
TECHNICAL

The bill number was updated from SB 99.1 to SB0099.2, and the header date format was simplified to remove the '69th Legislature' prefix on the first line.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2025 · House Feb 18, 2025

How they voted

2723
Passed
Total votes 50
Jan 31, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican32
27 Yea 5 Nay
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Local Government
upper
Feb 18, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (21-0)
house
Feb 18, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (27-23)
senate
Jan 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Local Government
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Local Government
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government
upper
Jan 6, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Becky Beard
Becky Beard
RRepublican
MT
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