HB 893 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise lottery state finance laws related to property tax relief

HB 893 proposes creating a new annual lottery game called "Montana millions" to provide funds for property tax assistance. This game would be held on July 4, offering four $1 million prizes, with 500,000 tickets sold at $20 each. After covering costs and prizes, the net revenue generated would be transferred to a state property tax assistance account. The bill also appropriates $50,000 to the Department of Revenue for implementing related provisions of Senate Bill No. 90, upon which this act is contingent.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 27, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC4442.pdf HB0893_1.pdf · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was renumbered from LC 4442 to HB 893, indicating a change in legislative tracking or a new filing. The document header was updated to reflect the new bill number, and the footer was modified to include a specific 'Authorized Print Version' label. No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, eligibility criteria, or operational requirements were altered.
TECHNICAL

The bill identifier was changed from LC 4442 to HB 893 throughout the document headers and footers.

The footer text was updated to explicitly state 'Authorized Print Version - HB 893'.

Floor votes · House Apr 4, 2025

How they voted

230
Passed
Total votes 23
Apr 4, 2025
D Democratic10
10 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican13
13 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 4, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (23-0)
house
Apr 4, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Katie Zolnikov
Katie Zolnikov
RRepublican
MT
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