HB 887 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Provide property tax relief funded with lodging tax revenue

HB 887 was a legislative bill designed to provide property tax assistance for owners of primary residences. The bill proposed to fund this relief by redirecting a portion of the state's lodging tax revenue. It aimed to amend existing statutes governing the distribution of these lodging tax proceeds. While the bill's intent was to reallocate lodging tax funds for property tax relief, the provided text does not detail the specific changes or mechanisms for how these funds would be redirected.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 27, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

LC0348.pdf → HB0887_1.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from LC 348 to HB 887.1, changing its official status from a legislative committee bill to a House bill. The substantive policy content regarding property tax assistance remains unchanged, with the only significant addition being a new section specifying that tax proceeds will be distributed effective July 1, 2027.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on property tax assistance for primary and secondary schools, with no changes to eligibility criteria or funding amounts.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC 0348 to HB 887.1 and sponsor updated to J. Gillette.

TIMELINE

A new provision was added stating that the distribution of tax proceeds will become effective on July 1, 2027.

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 2, 2025

Amended

(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Local Government

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors