---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide property tax exemption for certain residential property"
description: "Provide property tax exemption for certain residential property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 94"
citation: "Montana SB 94 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith Regier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 96
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2016-11-14"
last_action: "2017-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c16870d-fd10-4528-b0f5-3c31a80b12bc"
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=LC0729&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "3ee679db64db1c705c8a2360f9f3433c237a6a8700e84e49e5d41352bcb0c75a"
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 94 (2017) — Provide property tax exemption for certain residential property

## 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/SB0094.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **7–5** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **13–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Not Concur — **48–1** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **18–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–10** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **70–30** (pass) · legislature
- Do Adopt — **34–15** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **33–17** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-1 Barrett D/PASS — **20–29** (fail) · legislature
- Do Pass — **34–15** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **33–17** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **68–31** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **63–37** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **28–21** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **58–42** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Keith Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-14** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-14** Draft Back for Requester Changes
- **2016-12-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-21** Draft Back for Requester Changes
- **2016-12-31** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-02** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2017-01-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-05** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-05** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **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
- **2017-01-06** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-06** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-09** Sponsor List Modified
- **2017-01-16** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-16** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-16** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-16** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-16** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-20** Hearing
- **2017-01-25** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-27** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-31** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-10** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-15** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-16** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-20** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-20** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing
- **2017-03-09** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-13** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-14** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** Transmitted to House
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Hearing
- **2017-04-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-04** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-10** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-10** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-10** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Hearing
- **2017-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **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 House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-18** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-18** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-19** Hearing
- **2017-04-19** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-04-19** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-20** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-21** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2017-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-22** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2017-04-24** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-05-04** Signed by President
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-25** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c16870d-fd10-4528-b0f5-3c31a80b12bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).