---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide county notification for certain property tax adjustments"
description: "Provide county notification for certain property tax adjustments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 289"
citation: "Montana SB 289 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "County Finance", "Taxation", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denley Loge"]
version_count: 42
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-11-12T17:37:55+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T20:52:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/357194c7-5b6a-43f5-9165-619828027615"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1345?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "2765d0134943f286bb2cf087a41197cc3aa40245b5557e794c483a330a5573b4"
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 289 (2025) — Provide county notification for certain property tax adjustments

## Version chain

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

1. **LC1345.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279906)
2. **SB0289.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296522)
3. **SB0289.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295026)
4. **SB0289.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296461)
5. **SB0289.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296544)
6. **SB0289.001.004_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296546)
7. **SB0289_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280683)
8. **SB0289_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280953)
9. **SB0289_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289498)
10. **SB0289_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294325)
11. **SB0289_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296520)
12. **SB0289_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296734)
13. **SB0289_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296735)
14. **SB0289_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296736)
15. **SB0289_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296737)
16. **SB0289_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280682)
17. **SB0289_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296739)
18. **SB0289_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306987)
19. **SB0289_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296740)
20. **SB0289_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296769)
21. **SB0289_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296770)
22. **SB0289_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296771)
23. **SB0289_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296773)
24. **SB0289_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302307)
25. **SB0289_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306981)
26. **SB0289_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306985)
27. **SB0289_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296738)
28. **SB0289_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306990)
29. **SB0289_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321847)
30. **SB0289_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321848)
31. **SB0289_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321849)
32. **SB0289_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324752)
33. **SB0289_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326144)
34. **SB0289_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308350)
35. **SB0289_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308351)
36. **SB0289_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308352)
37. **SB0289_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308394)
38. **SB0289_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308395)
39. **SB0289_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310861)
40. **SB0289_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316801)
41. **SB0289_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320377)
42. **SB0289_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306988)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Denley Loge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12T17:37:55+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-05T20:26:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-05T22:30:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-06T21:57:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-07T18:29:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-07T23:18:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-10T15:28:01+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-10T23:28:04+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-11T14:20:47+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-11T14:20:47+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-11T20:30:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11T21:13:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T15:32:48+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2025-02-25T00:22:33+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25T21:41:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T21:32:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26T22:04:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T21:33:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T21:47:19+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-27T22:08:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T23:22:07+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-28T14:33:26+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-28T17:27:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T20:19:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04T21:47:27+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-04T21:47:32+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-03-05T22:45:02+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-15T12:15:35+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2025-03-21T15:53:06+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Taxation
- **2025-03-21T19:42:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Taxation
- **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31T20:15:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T20:09:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T21:25:23+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2025-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T19:39:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-08T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T20:33:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T12:19:48+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-10T22:46:11+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:17+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:40:41+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:45:10+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T19:31:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T20:52:27+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/357194c7-5b6a-43f5-9165-619828027615`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).