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type: "Bill"
title: "Revise forest lands property taxes and rates"
description: "Revise forest lands property taxes and rates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 263"
citation: "Montana SB 263 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forests and Forestry", "Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 55
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-12-12"
last_action: "2021-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf00eb63-24cd-46d5-b8f1-8cb458de8ce7"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=263&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "318bb71be25e7afef82e850f84d12557310a79328210811ecb67d7585c25eb6a"
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 263 (2021) — Revise forest lands property taxes and rates
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB0263_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0263_1.pdf)
2. **SB0263_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0263_2.pdf)
3. **SB0263_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0263_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0263.pdf)
## Votes
- Do Concur — **962** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **500** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **180** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **110** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **170** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **946** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **490** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-12** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-10** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-10** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-16** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-16** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-16** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-16** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-22** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-23** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-23** Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2021-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-10** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-16** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-17** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-18** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Transmitted to House
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2021-04-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
- **2021-04-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-21** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Returned to Senate
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-27** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-30** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07** 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/cf00eb63-24cd-46d5-b8f1-8cb458de8ce7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).