---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing for property tax incentives for qualified data centers"
description: "Providing for property tax incentives for qualified data centers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 359"
citation: "Montana SB 359 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Communications (see also: Information Technology)", "Economic Development", "Information Technology (see also: Communications)", "Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Blasdel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 76
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2016-04-26"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d470a84-3c7d-4272-a178-b255e193bfe7"
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=LC0072&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "c6d133e78a8efb873531458c189c320306af498b8464f61f1c2935272e0ed315"
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 SB 359 (2017) — Providing for property tax incentives for qualified data centers

## 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/SB0359.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **69–31** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **38–12** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **73–27** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **18–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Not Concur — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **37–11** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **8–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **40–10** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **37–11** (pass) · legislature
- 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted — **91–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mark Blasdel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-04-26** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-06** Draft On Hold
- **2017-03-15** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-03-15** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-03-15** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-03-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-03-16** Draft in Edit
- **2017-03-16** Draft Back for Redo
- **2017-03-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-03-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-03-16** Draft Back for Redo
- **2017-03-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-03-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-03-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-03-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-03-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-17** Executive Director Review
- **2017-03-17** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-03-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-03-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-03-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-03-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-20** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Hearing
- **2017-03-27** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-27** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-03-27** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-30** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-30** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-30** Transmitted to House
- **2017-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Hearing
- **2017-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2017-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-18** 2nd Reading Passed Consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-24** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-24** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-24** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-24** Hearing
- **2017-04-24** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-04-24** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-04-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-25** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-25** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-26** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-26** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-27** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-28** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-05-04** Signed by President
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d470a84-3c7d-4272-a178-b255e193bfe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).