---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending veterans' exemption to property used or leased by organization"
description: "Extending veterans' exemption to property used or leased by organization"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 224"
citation: "Montana HB 224 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Jacobson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-11-22"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/768d4b24-5506-481e-b14b-ff599159a873"
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=LC1123&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "48f3a46f44d634196d751712ef636a7f87b79d968806185def69214b01163d13"
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 224 (2017) — Extending veterans' exemption to property used or leased by organization

## 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/HB0224.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **54–44** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **77–23** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **42–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **39–11** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **11–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **67–33** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **56–43** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Tom Jacobson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-11-22** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-04** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-04** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-05** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-05** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-05** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-05** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-05** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-06** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-06** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-19** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-19** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-20** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-24** Hearing
- **2017-01-31** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-03-22** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2017-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** Hearing
- **2017-04-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-07** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-07** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-10** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-12** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-19** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-20** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** 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/768d4b24-5506-481e-b14b-ff599159a873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).