# Montana HB 228: Revised requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts Montana HB 228, Revised requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Bill Mercer (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB228-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 228 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revised requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-15 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Bill Mercer (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Legislature, State Finance - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (550 yes, 45 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Lower threshold and twice-yearly cost reports: benefit, low. Beginning June 30, 2025, the state reports actual costs of certain enacted bills twice a year, every February and October. The rule covers bills with a fiscal note that projected over $500,000 in general fund spending in any one of the four years listed. It does not cover the general appropriations… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Bill Mercer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mike Cuffe (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-25 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 48 | 1 | | | 2025-04-25 | House | Do Concur | pass | 95 | 5 | | | 2025-04-24 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 44 | 4 | | | 2025-04-24 | House | Do Concur | pass | 64 | 35 | | | 2025-03-31 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2025-03-28 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2025-02-06 | House | Do Pass | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-02-05 | House | Do Pass | pass | 100 | 0 | | ## Actions (38) - 2025-05-19: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-07: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-05-02: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-28: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-25: 3rd Reading Governor's Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-25: 3rd Reading Governor's Amendments (House) - 2025-04-24: 2nd Reading Governor's Amendments (House) - 2025-04-24: 2nd Reading Governor's Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Returned with Governor's Amendments (House) - 2025-04-09: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-04-09: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-02: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-03-31: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-03-31: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-28: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-27: 2nd Reading Pass Consideration (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-07: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-02-06: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-02-05: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-01-31: Committee Report (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-29: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-01-29: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-01-28: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-01-22: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-16: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-01-16: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-01-15: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-01-15: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - As Amended (Version 3), 2025-04-30: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ac1024eb-2879-4332-9fbc-d64eea17e399) - Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=65544eb1-f0cb-49f5-a848-8c451b9bb119) - Introduced, 2025-01-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=55257d48-3f1f-4083-a7fa-d4b19cd5b904) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) ## Sources - [As Amended (Version 3) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ac1024eb-2879-4332-9fbc-d64eea17e399) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=65544eb1-f0cb-49f5-a848-8c451b9bb119) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=55257d48-3f1f-4083-a7fa-d4b19cd5b904) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB228-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).