# Montana HB 89: Provide deadline to file for property tax relief from a disaster Montana HB 89, Provide deadline to file for property tax relief from a disaster, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Shane Klakken (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-07 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB89-2025 - 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 89 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Provide deadline to file for property tax relief from a disaster - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-16 - Last action: 2025-04-07, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Shane Klakken (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Emergency Services, Taxation, Taxation--Property - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (270 yes, 27 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More disasters covered, but no arson relief: mixed, medium. Fire, flood, earthquake, and wind count as natural disasters for this tax relief. A fire counts no matter how it started. But if you are convicted of arson for burning the property, you cannot get this adjustment. If your taxes were already reduced before the conviction, the original tax amount is… - Two-year deadline for disaster property tax relief: mixed, medium. You must file your claim within 2 years of the date a natural disaster destroyed your property. This covers real property and improvements, trailers or mobile homes, and personal property taxed under state law. After you show the loss, the Department of Revenue adjusts the taxable value and the cou… - 30-day notice after replacing personal property: mixed, low. If you got a tax reduction for destroyed personal property and replace it in the same tax year, you must tell the Montana Department of Revenue within 30 days. The tax on the replacement is prorated for the rest of that year. If you do not notify within 30 days, you face the penalty in 15-1-303 and… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Shane Klakken (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Greg Hertz (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-17 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 49 | 0 | | | 2025-03-15 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2025-01-21 | House | Do Pass | pass | 85 | 14 | | | 2025-01-20 | House | Do Pass | pass | 86 | 13 | | ## Actions (23) - 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) - 2025-03-18: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-03-17: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-03-17: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-15: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-02-21: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-01-22: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-01-21: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-01-20: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-01-14: Committee Report (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) - 2024-12-16: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-18: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c7fc639a-0027-414c-93bc-7b96dc56a516) - Introduced, 2024-12-16: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=f227f35f-ded6-4b57-8cd1-efb16eeff3b8) ## 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 - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c7fc639a-0027-414c-93bc-7b96dc56a516) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=f227f35f-ded6-4b57-8cd1-efb16eeff3b8) ## 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) - [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-HB89-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).