# Montana SB 260: Provide for alteration of service district boundaries Montana SB 260, Provide for alteration of service district boundaries, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Greg Hertz (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-16 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB260-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana SB 260 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Provide for alteration of service district boundaries - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-03 - Last action: 2025-05-16, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Greg Hertz (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Taxation, Health Care Services, Local Finance, Local Government, Education - School Finance, Education - K-12, Revenue, State - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 7 (443 yes, 53 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Eight-year taxes after hospital district split: cost, medium. If a hospital district splits, both resulting districts must levy the same voted mills, and the new district must do so for eight years. Each year, the new district must pay part of its tax collections back to the old district: 70% in year 1; 60% in years 2–4; 40% in years 5–6; and 20% in years 7–8… - New path to change hospital districts: mixed, medium. The law lets eligible property owners ask to move into a hospital district that can reach them. Ambulance travel over 60 minutes counts as no access. After a petition is certified, the district must give public notice and hold a local hearing within 30 days. Only voters who live in the land being m… - School transfers change taxes and payments: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, for three years after a granted transfer, the transferred land’s taxable value is split 50/50 between the old and new districts. If the receiving district had paid a reconciliation payment, it must levy for three years to raise the most recent payment amount and send at leas… - Stricter rules to move school boundaries: mixed, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, to move land between school districts, 60% of registered voters in the area must sign. The land must touch the new district, include taxable property, have school‑age children, and be at least 3 miles from an operating school in the giving district. K‑12 petitions must cover… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Greg Hertz (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Cora Neumann (Democrat), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-29 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 48 | 2 | | | 2025-04-28 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2025-04-24 | House | Do Concur | pass | 98 | 0 | | | 2025-04-22 | House | AMD-SB0260.003.001 Walsh DO PASS | pass | 100 | 0 | | | 2025-04-22 | House | Do Concur As Amended | pass | 96 | 4 | | | 2025-04-05 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 25 | 23 | | | 2025-04-04 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 26 | 24 | | ## Actions (36) - 2025-05-16: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-05: Transmitted to Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-05: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-05-02: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Returned from Enrolling (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Sent to Enrolling (Senate) - 2025-04-29: 3rd Reading House Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-28: 2nd Reading House Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Returned to Senate with Amendments (House) - 2025-04-24: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-04-22: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Fiscal Note Unsigned (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (Senate) - 2025-04-22: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-04-22: 2nd Reading Motion to Amend (House) - 2025-04-22: Fiscal Note Received (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Committee Report (House) - 2025-04-15: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-04-09: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Fiscal Note Unsigned (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Revised Fiscal Note Received (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Hearing (House) - 2025-04-07: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-04-07: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-04-05: Transmitted to House (Senate) - 2025-04-05: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-04: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (Senate) - 2025-03-28: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-03-28: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-04: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-29: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=3f0b93d9-9835-4e42-b582-43d44b30c262) - As Amended (Version 4), 2025-04-22: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8fb1e8d3-4b86-4483-9593-a2e0a7408ce6) - As Amended (Version 3), 2025-04-16: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=0a143beb-ca74-4d0a-a8cd-941e0fd3b015) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-03-28: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=b1664a40-74c0-4a14-b457-b36f17386e02) - Introduced, 2025-02-03: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=b56c66b4-4981-4fe1-8076-e9969ab4da51) ## 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=3f0b93d9-9835-4e42-b582-43d44b30c262) - [As Amended (Version 4) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8fb1e8d3-4b86-4483-9593-a2e0a7408ce6) - [As Amended (Version 3) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=0a143beb-ca74-4d0a-a8cd-941e0fd3b015) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=b1664a40-74c0-4a14-b457-b36f17386e02) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=b56c66b4-4981-4fe1-8076-e9969ab4da51) ## 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-SB260-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).