# Montana HB 528: Revise property tax rates for agricultural, residential, and commercial property

Montana HB 528, Revise property tax rates for agricultural, residential, and commercial property, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Ed Byrne (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-05-22 (Died in Process); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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- As of: 2026-10-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Montana HB 528
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Revise property tax rates for agricultural, residential, and commercial property
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-18
- Last action: 2025-05-22, Died in Process
- Sponsor: Ed Byrne (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Agriculture, Livestock, Revenue, Local, Revenue, State, Taxation--Property, Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 9 (361 yes, 232 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Ed Byrne (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-25 | Senate | ReconsAction -Dunwell | fail | 19 | 30 |   |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | ReconsAction -Dunwell | fail | 16 | 33 |   |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | AMD-HB0528.002.002 Kassmier D/PASS | fail | 25 | 25 |   |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | Do Concur As Amended | fail | 16 | 34 |   |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | Indefinitely Postpone -McGillvray | pass | 36 | 13 |   |
| 2025-04-17 | Senate | Take HB 528 from Comm-Dunwell | pass | 26 | 24 |   |
| 2025-04-05 | House | Do Pass | pass | 64 | 34 |   |
| 2025-04-04 | House | Do Pass | pass | 69 | 30 |   |
| 2025-03-21 | House | Do Pass | pass | 90 | 9 |   |

## Actions (35)

- 2025-05-22: Died in Process (House)
- 2025-04-25: Motion (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Motion (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: 2nd Reading Motion to Amend (Senate)
- 2025-04-18: 2nd Reading Pass Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Take from Committee; Place on 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House)
- 2025-04-16: Tabled in Committee (Senate)
- 2025-04-12: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House)
- 2025-04-10: Fiscal Note Unsigned (House)
- 2025-04-10: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House)
- 2025-04-07: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-05: Transmitted to Senate (House)
- 2025-04-05: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-04-04: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-04-02: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (House)
- 2025-04-02: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-04-01: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-03-24: Hearing (House)
- 2025-03-21: Rereferred to Committee (House)
- 2025-03-21: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-02-27: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-02-27: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-02-26: Fiscal Note Unsigned (House)
- 2025-02-25: Fiscal Note Received (House)
- 2025-02-20: Hearing (House)
- 2025-02-18: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-02-18: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-02-18: Fiscal Note Requested (House)
- 2025-02-18: Introduced (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended (Version 2), 2025-04-02: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c6ed684b-b784-4b50-9d22-57a1a562b3c5)
- Introduced, 2025-02-18: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=a7279ab5-46c6-476d-9774-b0de273e7ba9)

## 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 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)

## Sources
- [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c6ed684b-b784-4b50-9d22-57a1a562b3c5)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=a7279ab5-46c6-476d-9774-b0de273e7ba9)

## 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 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB528-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).