---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise centrally assessed property appraisals"
description: "Revise centrally assessed property appraisals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Montana SB 54 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 68
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-09-19T15:09:04+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:29:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5cf9e51-c0a7-49aa-a632-e46f172f8200"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0451"
source_hash: "940d3ec36a0a0171f552e092b519f381cdcdf09388db62dd3ce11384b329ab3b"
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 54 (2023) — Revise centrally assessed property appraisals

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0054.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed (1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3231)
2. **SB0054.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3234)
3. **SB0054.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full (1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3233)
4. **SB0054.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3230)
5. **SB0054.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3235)
6. **SB0054.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3237)
7. **SB0054.002.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3076)
8. **SB0054.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3236)
9. **SB0054.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3232)
10. **SB0054001SCS14970.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10720)
11. **SB0054001SCS15239.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10719)
12. **SB0054002CWS14970.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10718)
13. **SB0054_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1959)
14. **SB0054_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1960)
15. **SB0054_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1961)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed — **16–33** (fail) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **11–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:29:32+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-04T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-23T19:40:53+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-23T19:40:52+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T15:54:47+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T22:12:25+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-18T20:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T19:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-17T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-13T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-04-13T20:22:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T20:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T20:04:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-20T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-11T15:11:07+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-11T14:16:18+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T21:55:09+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-01T21:16:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-31T13:49:08+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-01-30T22:51:28+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-27T20:14:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T21:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T17:15:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-23T21:18:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T20:35:01+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:35:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:00:01+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-20T20:37:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-01-18T22:47:59+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-18T20:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T19:41:43+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16T20:40:56+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-11T15:00:09+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-09T17:34:49+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-09T14:25:45+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-01-02T20:01:15+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-29T00:24:23+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T17:48:12+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-14T15:29:01+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-12T23:17:55+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-09T23:18:44+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-09T23:18:43+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-12-06T15:00:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-05T21:28:18+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-05T19:19:37+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-05T19:19:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-05T17:20:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-02T23:10:34+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-02T20:44:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-01T22:17:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-30T19:13:50+00:00** (C) Draft Back for Redo
- **2022-11-10T22:36:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-09T22:02:57+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-09T20:07:46+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-09T20:07:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-09T18:12:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-08T19:35:10+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-07T17:58:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-04T21:08:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-19T15:09:04+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/d5cf9e51-c0a7-49aa-a632-e46f172f8200`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).