---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove unusable mobile homes from property tax rolls"
description: "Remove unusable mobile homes from property tax rolls"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Montana SB 165 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret (Margie) MacDonald"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-06"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4696eed5-dd72-4192-9163-9f53e5d8530e"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=165&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "21bcaa9770f79ca63f00892bac35cf1a8b5d59b91f9b7cb86bf816fd127fea10"
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 165 (2019) — Remove unusable mobile homes from property tax rolls

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB0165_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0165_1.pdf)
2. **SB0165_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0165_2.pdf)
3. **SB0165_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0165_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0165.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **86–14** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **84–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Margaret (Margie) MacDonald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-06** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-17** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-21** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-21** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-21** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-29** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-29** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-30** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-05** Hearing
- **2019-02-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-13** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-14** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-15** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-03** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-09** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4696eed5-dd72-4192-9163-9f53e5d8530e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).