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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

Senate Bill 534: Provide property tax exemption for wireless infrastructure

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Mar 20
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 28
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 3
✅ House
Passed House
Apr 24
✅ Gov.
Signed
May 12
Sponsor:
Greg Hertz RPolson / SD 7
| Requester: Wendy McKamey
📃 Bill text
Available here
💵 Fiscal note
Available here
🏛 Legal note
None on file
🖍 Proposed amendments
None on file
See also: The official bill page.

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP stories involving the bill
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Wireless companies ask for property tax break
Mar 28, 2025 • Eric Dietrich
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Mar 20
Introduced
Mar 20
Referred to Committee
Mar 27
Hearing
👥 Senate Taxation
Mar 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Taxation
✅ 7-1
R5-0
D2-1
Mar 28
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Apr 1
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 38-12
R30-2
D8-10
Apr 1
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 1
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Apr 2
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
✅ 22-0
R14-0
D8-0
Apr 2
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Apr 3
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 40-10
R30-2
D10-8
Apr 3
Transmitted to House
Apr 4
Referred to Committee
Apr 4
First Reading
Apr 7
Hearing
👥 House Taxation
Apr 9
Hearing
👥 House Taxation
Apr 17
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 House Taxation
✅ 15-6
R12-0
D3-6
Apr 22
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 66-33
R52-5
D14-28
Apr 22
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 22
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Apr 23
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 14-9
R13-0
D1-9
Apr 24
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 65-35
R52-6
D13-29
Apr 24
Returned to Senate
May 5
Transmitted to Governor
May 12
Signed by Governor
Showing major bill actions only.
This table may omit bill actions recorded since this guide's last update. See the bill page at legmt.gov for an official reference.

About the 2025 Montana Free Press Capitol Tracker

This guide is an effort to make the quantifiable aspects of the Montana Legislature more accessible to the public by compiling information about lawmakers, proposed bills and the legislative process. This is a project of Montana Free Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit newsroom that aims to provide Montanans with in-depth, nonpartisan news coverage.

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