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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide property tax exemption for wireless infrastructure"
description: "Provide property tax exemption for wireless infrastructure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 534"
citation: "Montana SB 534 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Communications", "Information Technology", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-09-27T14:11:13+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-16T16:21:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daba8e09-9374-4569-9684-4ba08a5912ef"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0416?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "e3e814158781af64672dd44bc6675e6555d5250379236db4558fb4bc7d0d89e7"
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 534 (2025) — Provide property tax exemption for wireless infrastructure
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **LC0416.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295811)
2. **SB0534_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296193)
3. **SB0534_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296700)
4. **SB0534_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304176)
5. **SB0534_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312613)
6. **SB0534_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313517)
7. **SB0534_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317648)
8. **SB0534_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318513)
9. **SB0534_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318519)
10. **SB0534_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318520)
11. **SB0534_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296192)
12. **SB0534_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318522)
13. **SB0534_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323044)
14. **SB0534_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325005)
15. **SB0534_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325763)
16. **SB0534_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319053)
17. **SB0534_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319054)
18. **SB0534_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319055)
19. **SB0534_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319130)
20. **SB0534_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319131)
21. **SB0534_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321018)
22. **SB0534_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323042)
23. **SB0534_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323043)
24. **SB0534_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318521)
## Votes
- do_pass — **220** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **156** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **6535** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **4010** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **3812** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **71** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **149** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **6633** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Greg Hertz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-09-27T14:11:13+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-03-18T21:26:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-03-19T14:07:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-03-20T15:55:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-03-20T17:16:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-03-20T18:30:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-03-20T19:38:26+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-03-20T21:31:46+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-03-20T21:55:43+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-03-20T22:41:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20T23:07:34+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21T23:11:49+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-03-27T15:06:12+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2025-03-27T22:36:07+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-03-28T14:35:10+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-28T18:06:38+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-28T19:17:20+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-28T22:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01T20:51:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01T22:02:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T22:15:39+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-04-02T17:45:41+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T19:22:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T19:25:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T21:28:05+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-04-04T16:14:11+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04T22:17:02+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-07T19:11:57+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2025-04-09T19:15:20+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2025-04-17T16:43:56+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
- **2025-04-17T19:10:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
- **2025-04-22T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T16:50:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T18:07:30+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22T18:15:19+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-23T15:20:53+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-23T21:48:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24T20:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-25T00:00:16+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2025-04-28T22:27:21+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-30T03:43:48+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T16:00:06+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-05T19:00:51+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-05T19:55:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T18:24:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T16:21:08+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/daba8e09-9374-4569-9684-4ba08a5912ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).