HB 652 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Eliminate state taxes on veterans retirement

HB 652 aimed to revise state income taxation by providing a full income tax exemption for military pensions, retirement, and survivor benefits. This bill would have directly affected veterans, military retirees, and their survivors by eliminating state income taxes on these specific forms of income. The proposed changes included amending sections of the Montana Code Annotated related to income definitions and tax provisions.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

LC3073.pdf → HB0652_1.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from LC 3073 to HB 652.1, and the list of primary sponsors was updated to include N. Nicol, B. Usher, and J. Trebas. These changes reflect the bill's progression from a committee version to the official House bill, with no substantive policy or legal text modifications.

TECHNICAL

The bill identifier was changed from LC 3073 to HB 652.1 to reflect its official House bill status.

The names of the primary sponsors (N. Nicol, B. Usher, J. Trebas) were added to the bill header.

Floor votes · House Feb 28, 2025

How they voted

20–1

Passed

Total votes 21

Feb 28, 2025

D Democratic9

8 Yea 1 Nay

88% Yea

R Republican12

12 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 28, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (20-1)

house

Feb 28, 2025

Amended

(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Taxation

lower

Feb 22, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors