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type: "Bill"
title: "Revise special district laws and provide time limit on property tax levies"
description: "Revise special district laws and provide time limit on property tax levies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 385"
citation: "Montana SB 385 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Issues (see also: Elections)", "Cities and Towns (see also: Local Government)", "City Finance (see also: Local Finance)", "Counties (see also: Local Government)", "County Finance (see also: Local Finance)", "Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)", "Revenue", "Local", "School Finance", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 76
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-11-02"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d330ba1-7e3e-4992-9893-008fae912111"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=385&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "226b40b3cbacd8a4fc9a5e9fe98ae77fbe3d5dce4afa2cc594136d5eef86ab53"
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 385 (2021) — Revise special district laws and provide time limit on property tax levies
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB0385_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0385_1.pdf)
2. **SB0385_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0385_2.pdf)
3. **SB0385_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0385_3.pdf)
4. **SB0385_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0385_4.pdf)
5. **SB0385_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0385_X.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0385.pdf)
## Votes
- Do Pass — **3117** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **6533** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **5941** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **3119** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **3119** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **126** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Esp D/PASS — **4010** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass As Amended — **3416** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Greg Hertz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-11-02** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-05** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-08** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-15** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-15** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-17** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-17** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-12-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-21** Draft Back for Redo
- **2021-03-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-03-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-03-12** Draft in Edit
- **2021-03-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-03-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-03-15** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-03-15** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-15** Executive Director Review
- **2021-03-15** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-03-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-03-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-16** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-03-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-17** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-23** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-24** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-24** Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2021-03-28** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-31** Tabled in Committee - (S) Local Government `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-04-01** Taken from Table in Committee - (S) Local Government
- **2021-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-06** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-04-06** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-08** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Transmitted to House
- **2021-04-09** Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2021-04-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Taxation
- **2021-04-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Taxation
- **2021-04-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-21** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-04-23** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-04** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-04** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12** 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/1d330ba1-7e3e-4992-9893-008fae912111`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).