HB 826 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise tobacco tax laws

HB 826 proposes to revise Montana's tobacco tax laws by increasing the state tax on cigarettes. The bill would raise the tax from $1.70 to $2.70 for each package containing 20 cigarettes. This tax is precollected by wholesalers and applies to individuals who purchase cigarettes for consumption. The bill also retains existing provisions regarding tax exemptions for sales to tribal members on Indian reservations.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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LC3305.pdf → HB0826_1.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill's title and official number were updated from LC 3305 to HB 826.1, and the sponsor was identified as M. Cunningham. The document format was changed to an 'Authorized Print Version,' indicating this is the finalized, official text of the legislation.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains unchanged; the text continues to address tax revisions on cigarettes.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC 3305 to HB 826.1, and the sponsor was added as M. Cunningham.

Page headers were updated to reflect the new bill number and the designation as an 'Authorized Print Version.'

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 2, 2025

Amended

(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Appropriations

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Committee

(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Report - (H) Taxation

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Taxation

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors