# Montana HB 846: Revising property taxation for certain local government subdivisions Montana HB 846, Revising property taxation for certain local government subdivisions, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Ken Walsh (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB846-2025 - 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 846 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revising property taxation for certain local government subdivisions - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-19 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Ken Walsh (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Local Government, Taxation--Property, Taxation, Revenue, Local, Education - School Finance, Education - K-12 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (462 yes, 31 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Parent councils for isolated students: benefit, low. Any district where isolated pupils are 5% or more of budgeted ANB must set up an advisory council. The school board appoints members after public notice, and most members must be parents or legal guardians of isolated pupils. The council can ask to be placed on regular board meeting agendas. - New levy to fund isolated students: mixed, medium. The law creates a reconciliation payment for isolated pupils. A district of attendance must file a $100 petition by June 1 and is eligible only when the home district is contiguous, has at least $100,000,000 in certified taxable value, and its taxable value per student is more than 1.5× the attenda… - School boundary changes: three-year tax split: mixed, medium. After territory is transferred, for three years the certified taxable value of that land is split 50/50 between the old and new districts. Each district sets its operational mills using its share, and county commissioners levy one‑half of each district’s mills on the full taxable value inside the t… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ken Walsh (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Llew Jones (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-25 | House | Do Concur | pass | 70 | 30 | | | 2025-04-24 | House | Do Concur | pass | 99 | 1 | | | 2025-04-18 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2025-04-17 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 49 | 0 | | | 2025-04-02 | House | Do Pass | pass | 94 | 0 | | | 2025-04-01 | House | Do Pass | pass | 100 | 0 | | ## Actions (31) - 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) - 2025-04-29: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-28: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-25: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-24: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-22: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-18: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-17: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-03: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-04-02: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-04-01: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-03-29: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-28: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-27: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-03-26: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-03-26: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-03-21: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-20: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-03-20: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-19: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-03-19: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-28: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=38eb9273-16b9-4220-83f6-959c201862db) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-04-16: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=895fc35e-1ee1-41c6-94c6-13858a5da2bc) - Introduced, 2025-03-19: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6ab7b678-ce8a-44a9-9518-0ef97ad7031c) ## 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 - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=38eb9273-16b9-4220-83f6-959c201862db) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=895fc35e-1ee1-41c6-94c6-13858a5da2bc) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6ab7b678-ce8a-44a9-9518-0ef97ad7031c) ## 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-HB846-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).