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House Taxation Committee tables Senate Bill 90 after initial concurrence vote fails
Summary
After an initial roll-call vote failed to concur with Senate Bill 90, the House Taxation Committee voted 16–5 to return the measure to the table, preserving it for further consideration; the meeting also included a brief presentation of a new statewide property-tax “gold book.”
The House Taxation Committee took executive action on Senate Bill 90 on Dec. 5, ultimately voting 16–5 to table the measure after an earlier roll-call vote on a motion to concur failed.
An unidentified committee member moved that the committee ‘‘do be concurred in’’ on Senate Bill 90. The chair put the motion before the committee and, after confirming that at least one amendment existed, the committee proceeded to a roll-call vote. The clerk recorded individual votes; the tally reported during the roll call was 7 ayes and 14 noes, and Chair Fielder announced the concurrence motion had failed.
Representative Thane then moved to return Senate Bill 90 to the table. The chair called for a voice vote, but because of uncertainty about proxies and counts the committee conducted a show of hands and staff reconfirmed proxy votes. After reconciling those proxies the clerk announced the final count: 16 ayes and 5 noes. Chair Fielder announced that Senate Bill 90 was tabled, closing executive action for the day.
The committee’s action means the bill is not advanced on concurrence but remains before the committee for future consideration. The committee did not adopt or reject any amendment on the record during the roll call; members noted at the start of the vote that at least one amendment existed but the transcript does not record its text.
Before the executive action, Bob Story of the Montana Taxpayers Association gave a brief demonstration of an updated “gold book” property-tax reference that committee members had received. Story said the publication ‘‘goes through property tax information for everybody's county’’ and described tables showing county, city and school district mill levies as well as new charts illustrating four-year trends in taxable value, mill levies and revenue. He told the committee the materials show how the 23-23 appraisal affected mill levies and revenue patterns across jurisdictions.
Chair Fielder closed the meeting by noting scheduling: the committee will not meet Friday or Monday and will reconvene Tuesday morning; staff told members they may clear house-bill materials from their folders because future work will focus on senate bills.
Action taken: the committee tabled Senate Bill 90 by a final voice/show-of-hands vote of 16–5. No final disposition on any amendments was recorded in the transcript.
(Reporting by the House Taxation Committee; quotes and votes are taken from the committee transcript.)
