---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow increase property tax abatement for new or expanding industry"
description: "Allow increase property tax abatement for new or expanding industry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 226"
citation: "Montana HB 226 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "Local", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zac Perry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-11-15"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcf81a41-cb80-4f06-bb4b-848d9884f1aa"
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=LC0888&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "035ea8c8f00bba3ed2cfd9ee20fbbf9d008436ce1be5f306e2a81f19aad273a2"
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 226 (2017) — Allow increase property tax abatement for new or expanding industry

## 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/HB0226.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **33–15** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **63–33** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **37–12** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass As Amended — **54–46** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-001 Perry D/PASS — **67–32** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **18–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Zac Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-15** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-02** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-02** 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
- **2017-01-05** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-10** 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
- **2017-01-19** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-26** Hearing
- **2017-02-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-08** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2017-02-08** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-10** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Hearing
- **2017-03-09** Committee Vote Failed; Remains in Committee
- **2017-04-06** Committee Vote Failed; Remains in Committee
- **2017-04-24** Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Returned to House
- **2017-04-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-28** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by President
- **2017-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcf81a41-cb80-4f06-bb4b-848d9884f1aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).