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type: "Bill"
title: "Revising property taxation for certain local government subdivisions"
description: "Revising property taxation for certain local government subdivisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 846"
citation: "Montana HB 846 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Education - School Finance", "Local Government", "Revenue", "Local", "Taxation", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Walsh"]
version_count: 29
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-11-11T22:16:56+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T21:24:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7899422-dfe4-4cc8-871c-44dd2b4ebe65"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1143?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "5786024e22aa6aea6ffddb136039748122330930025477141b0142f326429189"
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 846 (2025) — Revising property taxation for certain local government subdivisions
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0846.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310318)
2. **HB0846.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310317)
3. **HB0846_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295949)
4. **HB0846_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303698)
5. **HB0846_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311408)
6. **HB0846_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312024)
7. **HB0846_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312025)
8. **HB0846_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312026)
9. **HB0846_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312027)
10. **HB0846_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295576)
11. **HB0846_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313991)
12. **HB0846_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318264)
13. **HB0846_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318270)
14. **HB0846_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312040)
15. **HB0846_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318274)
16. **HB0846_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325269)
17. **HB0846_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325270)
18. **HB0846_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326092)
19. **HB0846_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327474)
20. **HB0846_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318275)
21. **HB0846_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318703)
22. **HB0846_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318704)
23. **HB0846_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318711)
24. **HB0846_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318712)
25. **HB0846_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320992)
26. **HB0846_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324432)
27. **HB0846_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325268)
28. **HB0846_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318271)
29. **LC1143.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294502)
## Votes
- Do Pass — **1000** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **500** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **490** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **7030** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **150** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **991** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **140** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **940** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ken Walsh — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-11-11T22:16:56+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-10T16:01:02+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-03-06T15:53:55+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-03-14T22:16:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-03-15T14:10:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-03-17T18:22:41+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-03-17T19:39:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-03-17T19:41:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-03-17T20:39:58+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-03-18T15:54:38+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-03-19T20:35:12+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-03-19T20:38:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-03-20T16:35:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T19:11:54+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21T23:46:28+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-03-26T14:00:02+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-26T21:27:50+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-27T13:53:05+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-28T23:30:17+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-29T15:36:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T19:57:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02T23:25:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T15:14:07+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-04-03T19:03:30+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T21:05:38+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10T19:49:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T19:53:34+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-16T01:41:26+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-16T19:19:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T22:31:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T22:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T14:33:53+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24T21:20:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-25T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25T16:02:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-28T17:48:12+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T16:36:37+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T19:00:46+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06T20:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T19:31:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T21:24:56+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/f7899422-dfe4-4cc8-871c-44dd2b4ebe65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).