---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the tax lien and tax deed process for residential property"
description: "Revise the tax lien and tax deed process for residential property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 253"
citation: "Montana SB 253 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cary Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 64
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-11-21"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40665bb9-ba88-4dd0-bcec-8bc73a7ef37e"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=253&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "a3b4b5cd41a6b3808c8e3291472c0b014dcf0dc8ec3829625d7e83f55ceb545b"
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 253 (2019) — Revise the tax lien and tax deed process for residential property

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0253_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0253_1.pdf)
2. **SB0253_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0253_2.pdf)
3. **SB0253_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0253_3.pdf)
4. **SB0253_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0253_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0253.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **12–6** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **89–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **90–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cary Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-21** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-03** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-31** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-09** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-21** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-25** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-29** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-30** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-04** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-05** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-05** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-05** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-12** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-14** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-02-22** Hearing
- **2019-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Sponsor List Modified
- **2019-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing
- **2019-04-05** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-04-08** Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in Committee
- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-10** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-17** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40665bb9-ba88-4dd0-bcec-8bc73a7ef37e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).