Revising property appraisal to use an average value
HB 894 proposes to revise the method for appraising property for tax purposes in Montana. For most taxable property, its market value would be determined by calculating an average of its market value over a 10-year period. This calculation would specifically exclude the highest and lowest yearly values from that decade. This change directly affects property owners by altering the valuation method used for their property tax assessments.
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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The bill includes a minor formatting correction to a sentence defining how market value is calculated, removing unnecessary spaces between words. Additionally, the header text was slightly adjusted to align the year with the legislature number, likely for consistency in document formatting.
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Corrected spacing errors in the definition of market value calculation to improve readability and ensure the text flows correctly without broken words.
Floor votes · House Apr 3, 2025
How they voted
22–1
Passed
Total votes 23
Apr 3, 2025
D
Democratic10
90% Yea
R
Republican13
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 3, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (22-1)
house
Apr 3, 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) Appropriations
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Taxation
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sherry Essmann
RRepublican
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