---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise definition of \"blighted area\""
description: "Revise definition of \"blighted area\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Montana SB 1 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Finance", "Local Government", "Taxation", "Taxation--Property", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 42
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-04T17:54:02+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-04T00:31:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a1494ec-5e0b-4fcd-a732-d21d1fa04a63"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0082?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "34b0e5764d9cc2835288ce12099c2659d65f4e728d8ac1a3f65d1be98ed4753d"
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 1 (2025) — Revise definition of "blighted area"

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0082.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265461)
2. **SB0001.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273396)
3. **SB0001.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273394)
4. **SB0001.001.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273789)
5. **SB0001_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274355)
6. **SB0001_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274356)
7. **SB0001_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274357)
8. **SB0001_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274358)
9. **SB0001_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275562)
10. **SB0001_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276603)
11. **SB0001_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266353)
12. **SB0001_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274360)
13. **SB0001_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281286)
14. **SB0001_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281892)
15. **SB0001_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295304)
16. **SB0001_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274361)
17. **SB0001_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274371)
18. **SB0001_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274372)
19. **SB0001_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274373)
20. **SB0001_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274376)
21. **SB0001_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275566)
22. **SB0001_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276069)
23. **SB0001_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276756)
24. **SB0001_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274359)
25. **SB0001_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295303)
26. **SB0001_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295306)
27. **SB0001_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305166)
28. **SB0001_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310726)
29. **SB0001_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316664)
30. **SB0001_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320249)
31. **SB0001_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324117)
32. **SB0001_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325587)
33. **SB0001_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327238)
34. **SB0001_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295390)
35. **SB0001_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295428)
36. **SB0001_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295429)
37. **SB0001_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296088)
38. **SB0001_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296089)
39. **SB0001_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296129)
40. **SB0001_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305164)
41. **SB0001_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305165)
42. **SB0001_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295305)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-04T17:54:02+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-09-11T17:16:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-09-13T12:34:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-09-26T20:44:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-07T19:42:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-15T22:09:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-19T19:49:23+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-11-19T20:00:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-18T23:04:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-06T22:13:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08T23:24:17+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2025-01-23T18:03:02+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24T21:55:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-27T20:30:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-28T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-28T21:57:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-28T23:13:02+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-01-29T18:17:18+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T20:17:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-31T20:13:39+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2025-02-12T20:18:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
- **2025-02-12T20:27:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
- **2025-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17T20:08:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T20:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T20:35:00+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2025-03-18T20:35:12+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-19T18:09:09+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-24T16:30:53+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-26T21:30:07+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-27T14:05:58+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03T20:29:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04T00:31:19+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/2a1494ec-5e0b-4fcd-a732-d21d1fa04a63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).