# Montana SB 189: Lower residential, commercial, and agricultural property tax rates

Montana SB 189, Lower residential, commercial, and agricultural property tax rates, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Mary Ann Dunwell (Democrat); status failed, last action 2025-05-23 (Died in Process); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana SB 189
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Lower residential, commercial, and agricultural property tax rates
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-05-23, Died in Process
- Sponsor: Mary Ann Dunwell (Democrat)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Taxation--Property, Revenue, Local, Revenue, State, Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (22 yes, 28 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: Mary Ann Dunwell (Democrat), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate | Take SB 189 from Comm-Dunwell | fail | 22 | 28 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2025-05-23: Died in Process (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Missed Deadline for Revenue Bill Transmittal (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Tabled in Committee (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Motion (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Tabled in Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Fiscal Note Printed (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: Fiscal Note Unsigned (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Fiscal Note Received (Senate)
- 2025-01-22: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-22: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-21: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=1e8140f5-6c39-4d18-b3ed-e9b14e10a650)

## 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
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=1e8140f5-6c39-4d18-b3ed-e9b14e10a650)

## 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-SB189-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).