# Montana HB 37: Revise property tax information required in preliminary budgets

Montana HB 37, Revise property tax information required in preliminary budgets, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Greg Oblander (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-07 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana HB 37
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Revise property tax information required in preliminary budgets
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2024-12-06
- Last action: 2025-04-07, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: Greg Oblander (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Local Finance
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (273 yes, 25 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Local budgets must list $100K home taxes: benefit, low. The law requires each local government’s preliminary budget to show two numbers for a $100,000 home. It lists last year’s property tax on $100,000 from all mills the entity actually levied. It also lists this year’s estimated tax on $100,000 from all mills the entity plans to levy. This improves tr…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Greg Oblander (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Hertz (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 46 | 4 |   |
| 2025-03-19 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 46 | 4 |   |
| 2025-01-20 | House | Do Pass | pass | 90 | 8 |   |
| 2025-01-17 | House | Do Pass | pass | 91 | 9 |   |

## Actions (24)

- 2025-04-07: Chapter Number Assigned (House)
- 2025-04-07: Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-04-01: Transmitted to Governor (House)
- 2025-04-01: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-03-28: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-03-21: Returned from Enrolling (House)
- 2025-03-20: Sent to Enrolling (House)
- 2025-03-20: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-20: Transmitted to Senate (House)
- 2025-01-20: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-01-17: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-01-15: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-01-15: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-01-14: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-01-06: Hearing (House)
- 2025-01-06: 1st Reading (House)
- 2024-12-20: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2024-12-06: Introduced (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended (Version 2), 2025-03-20: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=03422278-e882-4fb1-99e7-1cb18b799783)
- Enrolled, 2025-03-20: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=1dd75d75-e78d-4b4a-b858-b51649d2d973)
- Introduced, 2024-12-09: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=d3d43d13-1dd0-41d3-9367-86eee4a8fd32)

## 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 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=03422278-e882-4fb1-99e7-1cb18b799783)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=1dd75d75-e78d-4b4a-b858-b51649d2d973)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=d3d43d13-1dd0-41d3-9367-86eee4a8fd32)

## 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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB37-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).