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Missoula lawmakers recap 2025 legislative session: bipartisan property tax package, Medicaid reauthorization and a new state trust fund
Summary
Missoula’s state lawmakers said the 2025 Montana Legislature produced a bipartisan property‑tax compromise expected to lower median local bills about 10% initially, extended Medicaid coverage, created a large trust fund for infrastructure and housing, and passed sector bills such as the Sawmill Revitalization Act and Media Act.
State legislators who spoke at the State of Missoula forum summarized key outcomes of the 2025 Montana Legislature and what they said those outcomes mean for Missoula residents.
“Ultimately, we have some significant reduction coming in local property tax,” said Rep. Mark Thain (House District 89), describing a last‑day bipartisan compromise that merged elements of competing proposals. Thain said House Bill 231 (the governor’s task force proposal) and House Bill 155 (the Democratic proposal) were reconciled through a…
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