---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise administration of property tax exemptions"
description: "Revise administration of property tax exemptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 29"
citation: "Montana HB 29 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rule Making", "Taxation", "Taxation--Property", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sherry Essmann"]
version_count: 31
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-04T17:51:48+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-04T21:57:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2092a2c1-b2a0-49ae-933d-b43a8d5f4298"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0078?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "c053956fd33910df9ed8c92607adf0cc3e0f91397df976fc4cb7e1ed7459eb8a"
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 29 (2025) — Revise administration of property tax exemptions

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0029_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272869)
2. **HB0029_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275384)
3. **HB0029_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276432)
4. **HB0029_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276889)
5. **HB0029_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284073)
6. **HB0029_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284074)
7. **HB0029_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267221)
8. **HB0029_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284076)
9. **HB0029_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284121)
10. **HB0029_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284700)
11. **HB0029_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284701)
12. **HB0029_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284708)
13. **HB0029_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284709)
14. **HB0029_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292351)
15. **HB0029_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292352)
16. **HB0029_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284075)
17. **HB0029_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294450)
18. **HB0029_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321312)
19. **HB0029_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324576)
20. **HB0029_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325583)
21. **HB0029_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327236)
22. **HB0029_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295341)
23. **HB0029_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297361)
24. **HB0029_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297367)
25. **HB0029_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297368)
26. **HB0029_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297370)
27. **HB0029_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310571)
28. **HB0029_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316533)
29. **HB0029_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320141)
30. **HB0029_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294172)
31. **LC0078.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265464)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sherry Essmann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-04T17:51:48+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-09-10T17:38:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-09-13T12:17:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-09-26T18:30:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-07T19:37:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-15T22:11:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-18T19:45:30+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-06T22:38:52+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-06T22:40:22+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2024-12-18T20:47:17+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2024-12-20T22:11:18+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-06T17:28:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T01:37:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2025-01-07T15:49:37+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-08T18:05:50+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-08T19:24:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-14T19:28:32+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-14T20:11:06+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-17T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-17T20:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-20T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-20T21:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-20T22:34:51+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-21T16:20:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21T16:24:02+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23T18:57:59+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2025-01-29T17:28:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
- **2025-01-29T22:34:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
- **2025-02-15T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-15T17:17:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T22:30:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T22:30:55+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-02-20T10:22:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-02-26T16:46:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-26T18:54:59+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-26T19:30:20+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-04T20:44:48+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-04T21:57:53+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2092a2c1-b2a0-49ae-933d-b43a8d5f4298`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).