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HB 916 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise lodging tax allocation related to property tax relief

HB 916 aimed to provide property tax assistance specifically for primary residences. The bill proposed to fund this relief by revising the allocation of revenue generated from the state's lodging tax. This mechanism would have redirected a portion of the lodging tax proceeds, which are currently distributed to various state programs supporting tourism, historical preservation, and state parks, towards property tax relief for homeowners.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesRedirects lodging tax revenue to fund property tax relief for homeowners, directly providing tax assistance to middle-income residents.90% confidence ✓ HousingSupports HousingBill provides property tax relief for primary residence homeowners, directly increasing housing affordability for this group through redirected lodging tax revenue.95% confidence
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 28, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC4444.pdf → HB0916_1.pdf · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from LC 4444 to HB 916.1 and updated to reflect the 69th Legislature session. The most significant substantive change is the addition of a detailed legislative history section at the end of the text, which lists specific prior laws and their effective dates, likely to clarify the bill's relationship with existing statutes.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the text continues to provide property tax assistance to various state entities.
TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC 4444 to HB 916.1, indicating a shift from a committee substitute or legislative committee version to the official House bill version.

A new paragraph was added containing a legislative history citation, listing specific sections of previous laws (Ch. 563, L. 2021; Ch. 758, L. 2023; Ch. 763, L. 2023) and their termination dates to provide context for the current law.

Floor votes · House Apr 1, 2025

How they voted

21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Apr 1, 2025
D Democratic9
9 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican12
12 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Apr 1, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (21-0)
house
Apr 1, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Mar 29, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Mike Vinton
Mike Vinton
RRepublican
MT
40