--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise compensation for county tax appeal board members" description: "Revise compensation for county tax appeal board members" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 5" citation: "Montana SB 5 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Counties", "Taxation"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Becky Beard"] version_count: 16 action_count: 39 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-09-04T17:55:14+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-17T17:24:21+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f4a7cfb-a617-4019-87e0-522a05b07aba" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0087?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "25ae90064cebda0833bac5cbe5369ef441653c5497d7b9eccbae8e479e112dab" 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 5 (2025) — Revise compensation for county tax appeal board members ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC0087.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265458) 2. **SB0005_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274866) 3. **SB0005_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275624) 4. **SB0005_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276659) 5. **SB0005_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296391) 6. **SB0005_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299923) 7. **SB0005_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266355) 8. **SB0005_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299922) 9. **SB0005_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316559) 10. **SB0005_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320160) 11. **SB0005_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321161) 12. **SB0005_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321162) 13. **SB0005_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321163) 14. **SB0005_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324526) 15. **SB0005_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325592) 16. **SB0005_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310599) ## Votes - do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Becky Beard — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-09-04T17:55:14+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-09-11T22:06:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2024-09-13T12:58:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2024-10-02T14:04:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2024-11-07T19:45:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2024-11-15T22:06:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2024-11-19T19:49:44+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2024-11-19T19:59:35+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2024-11-19T21:18:00+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2024-12-18T17:33:32+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested - **2024-12-18T22:50:28+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-01-06T22:08:39+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-07T20:37:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee` - **2025-01-09T15:53:35+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government - **2025-01-09T22:51:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-01-10T17:10:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-01-23T01:25:43+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage` - **2025-01-23T20:37:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage` - **2025-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-01-24T21:19:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-01-27T20:28:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-01-27T21:01:59+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-01-28T17:59:02+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee` - **2025-01-28T20:09:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-07T17:32:09+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government - **2025-03-21T00:20:21+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government - **2025-03-21T19:46:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government - **2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-26T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-27T19:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-27T19:47:34+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-03-28T15:18:47+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-01T17:00:37+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-07T21:45:38+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-08T14:46:28+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-16T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-17T17:24:21+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/1f4a7cfb-a617-4019-87e0-522a05b07aba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).