---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maintain the county distribution level of metal mines license tax"
description: "Maintain the county distribution level of metal mines license tax"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 308"
citation: "Montana HB 308 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Counties", "Mining and Minerals", "Taxation", "Taxation--Minerals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sherry Essmann"]
version_count: 29
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-08-27T14:32:56+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T18:56:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dd5c3c4-750a-47b1-88ef-05e80a8784b1"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0017?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "d8cc932841fcd2283a8e69e2d11b6399e837948a4398daf49365875b14b0a3e7"
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 308 (2025) — Maintain the county distribution level of metal mines license tax

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0308.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277277)
2. **HB0308_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274215)
3. **HB0308_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275539)
4. **HB0308_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276580)
5. **HB0308_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278856)
6. **HB0308_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278858)
7. **HB0308_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278859)
8. **HB0308_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278860)
9. **HB0308_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274132)
10. **HB0308_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278862)
11. **HB0308_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278864)
12. **HB0308_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278865)
13. **HB0308_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278890)
14. **HB0308_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278925)
15. **HB0308_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280630)
16. **HB0308_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296537)
17. **HB0308_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300821)
18. **HB0308_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278861)
19. **HB0308_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300820)
20. **HB0308_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316589)
21. **HB0308_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320186)
22. **HB0308_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321204)
23. **HB0308_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321205)
24. **HB0308_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321206)
25. **HB0308_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324540)
26. **HB0308_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325544)
27. **HB0308_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327216)
28. **HB0308_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310635)
29. **LC0017.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271509)

## Votes

- do_pass_as_amended — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sherry Essmann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-08-27T14:32:56+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-15T16:34:41+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-13T21:15:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-14T13:59:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-14T20:42:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-14T21:19:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-15T20:02:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-15T21:41:09+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-23T23:25:38+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-24T17:56:29+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-24T17:57:44+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-24T18:24:22+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24T18:57:20+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-01-24T20:08:55+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29T21:45:35+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-30T21:39:34+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-31T00:25:31+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-03T23:06:15+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T16:27:52+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-04T20:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07T14:56:04+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-07T16:42:00+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-07T20:13:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-10T16:42:58+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10T22:15:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-10T23:05:03+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-11T20:32:41+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-17T19:04:54+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T19:05:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-03-21T16:03:29+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-03-21T20:34:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27T19:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T21:17:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T21:17:49+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-30T16:54:06+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-07T18:00:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-09T17:30:28+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-09T19:50:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17T20:02:32+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18T18:56:39+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/2dd5c3c4-750a-47b1-88ef-05e80a8784b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).