---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise school finance laws related to property taxes"
description: "Generally revise school finance laws related to property taxes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 587"
citation: "Montana HB 587 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "School Finance", "Schools and Education", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 70
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-07-26T18:12:25+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T22:34:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/136b2606-ddf9-4b58-a321-03e8a4769515"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0102"
source_hash: "2d34b8b6ae4ddc9482b2dad67aba14a94eb798053e6a64c16eb91bee8f020c40"
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 587 (2023) — Generally revise school finance laws related to property taxes

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0587.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9114)
2. **HB0587.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9117)
3. **HB0587.001.006_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9115)
4. **HB0587.001.006_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9116)
5. **HB0587_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9122)
6. **HB0587_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9123)
7. **HB0587_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9121)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **42–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-14T22:34:10+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-06-13T21:55:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13T21:15:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04T21:54:20+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-04T21:54:19+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-02T19:54:42+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-05-02T18:19:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T20:36:08+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-05-01T19:16:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T23:30:29+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-28T19:56:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T16:29:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T00:21:29+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-27T22:19:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-23T20:04:35+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-04-22T00:05:32+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-04-21T13:42:22+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-20T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-19T01:08:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T00:28:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T13:33:15+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-04-15T02:59:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-14T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-12T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-24T14:57:55+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T19:17:52+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23T17:56:17+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-22T21:19:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T20:07:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20T14:30:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T21:00:12+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-09T16:36:46+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-02T02:26:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:12:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T21:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T22:00:43+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-22T21:42:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-22T20:09:38+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-22T19:12:19+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-16T20:31:48+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T17:55:21+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T14:57:33+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-16T05:12:48+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T02:02:18+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-16T02:02:17+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-02-15T18:08:08+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-15T00:55:29+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T20:34:27+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-14T20:34:22+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T13:13:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-14T01:39:15+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-14T00:15:37+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-14T00:15:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-13T18:17:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-12T03:02:23+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-09T19:40:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-09T18:08:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-12T16:11:58+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-10-31T16:09:26+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-07-26T18:12:25+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/136b2606-ddf9-4b58-a321-03e8a4769515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).