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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Provide property tax exemption for wireless infrastructure"
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description: "Provide property tax exemption for wireless infrastructure"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
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legislature: "Montana Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 534"
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citation: "Montana SB 534 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Communications", "Information Technology", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation", "Taxation--Property"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
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version_count: 24
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-09-27T14:11:13+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-16T16:21:08+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daba8e09-9374-4569-9684-4ba08a5912ef"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0416?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "e3e814158781af64672dd44bc6675e6555d5250379236db4558fb4bc7d0d89e7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
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---
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# Montana SB 534 (2025) — Provide property tax exemption for wireless infrastructure
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **LC0416.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295811)
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2. **SB0534_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296193)
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3. **SB0534_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296700)
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4. **SB0534_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304176)
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5. **SB0534_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312613)
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6. **SB0534_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313517)
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7. **SB0534_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317648)
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8. **SB0534_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318513)
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9. **SB0534_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318519)
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10. **SB0534_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318520)
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11. **SB0534_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296192)
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12. **SB0534_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318522)
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13. **SB0534_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323044)
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14. **SB0534_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325005)
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15. **SB0534_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325763)
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16. **SB0534_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319053)
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17. **SB0534_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319054)
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18. **SB0534_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319055)
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19. **SB0534_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319130)
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20. **SB0534_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319131)
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21. **SB0534_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321018)
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22. **SB0534_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323042)
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23. **SB0534_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323043)
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24. **SB0534_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318521)
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## Votes
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- do_pass — **22–0** (pass) · upper
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- be_concurred_in — **15–6** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **65–35** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **40–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **38–12** (pass) · upper
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- do_pass — **7–1** (pass) · upper
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- be_concurred_in — **14–9** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **66–33** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Greg Hertz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-09-27T14:11:13+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2025-03-18T21:26:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-03-19T14:07:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-03-20T15:55:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-03-20T17:16:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-03-20T18:30:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-03-20T19:38:26+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-03-20T21:31:46+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-03-20T21:55:43+00:00** (S) Introduced
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- **2025-03-20T22:41:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-20T23:07:34+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21T23:11:49+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
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- **2025-03-27T15:06:12+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Taxation
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- **2025-03-27T22:36:07+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
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- **2025-03-28T14:35:10+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
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- **2025-03-28T18:06:38+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-28T19:17:20+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2025-03-28T22:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-01T20:51:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-01T22:02:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-01T22:15:39+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
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- **2025-04-02T17:45:41+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-02T19:22:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-03T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-03T19:25:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-03T21:28:05+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
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- **2025-04-04T16:14:11+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04T22:17:02+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-07T19:11:57+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Taxation
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- **2025-04-09T19:15:20+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Taxation
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- **2025-04-17T16:43:56+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
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- **2025-04-17T19:10:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
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- **2025-04-22T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-22T16:50:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-22T18:07:30+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22T18:15:19+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
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- **2025-04-23T15:20:53+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
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- **2025-04-23T21:48:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
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- **2025-04-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-24T20:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-25T00:00:16+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
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- **2025-04-28T22:27:21+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-04-30T03:43:48+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-05-02T16:00:06+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-05-05T19:00:51+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-05-05T19:55:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13T18:24:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-16T16:21:08+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daba8e09-9374-4569-9684-4ba08a5912ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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