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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarify laws related to property tax assistance programs"
+description: "Clarify laws related to property tax assistance programs"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 554"
+citation: "Montana HB 554 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Becky Beard"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-03"
+last_action: "2017-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/642d2f00-5069-4ca5-8264-ae3bb668d42d"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC1600&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "755624d0a0c2df74889f5ab69865d629c9395eb402c2285ddbdf886b086057af"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
+---
+
+# Montana HB 554 (2017) — Clarify laws related to property tax assistance programs
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/HB0554.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Becky Beard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-03** Draft Request Received
+- **2016-12-05** Draft On Hold
+- **2017-02-06** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2017-02-07** Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2017-02-08** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2017-02-10** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2017-02-10** Draft in Edit
+- **2017-02-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2017-02-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2017-02-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2017-02-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-02-17** Executive Director Review
+- **2017-02-17** Draft in Assembly
+- **2017-02-17** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2017-02-17** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2017-02-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2017-02-21** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-02-21** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2017-02-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-03-01** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2017-03-07** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2017-03-07** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
+- **2017-03-07** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2017-03-08** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2017-03-08** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2017-03-08** Hearing
+- **2017-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-20** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-03-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-03-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-03-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-23** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2017-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-24** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-31** Hearing
+- **2017-04-06** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-04-06** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-04-10** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-11** Returned to House
+- **2017-04-11** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-04-12** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-04-12** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-04-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
+- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-04** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/642d2f00-5069-4ca5-8264-ae3bb668d42d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+