House Local Government Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025 16:00 - 20:30

House Local Government Committee · April 1, 2025

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Hearing — House Bill 887 (lodging tax/property tax relief)

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Representative Jane Gillette opened HB 887, proposing to divert excess lodging-facility tax growth above a 3-year inflation average plus 0.5 percentage points into a state special revenue account for property-tax relief, with an amendment shifting 25% to counties via the gas-tax formula for roads. Sponsor emphasized lodging taxes would not lose base funding; Deputy Director Mandy Rambo (Montana Department of Commerce) and industry witnesses argued the bill would shrink Commerce grant programs, estimating about $2 million annually removed from Commerce and warning of harm to rural tourism pilot

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House Local Government Committee held a multi-bill hearing and executive actions covering lodging-tax property tax relief (HB 887), quarantine/coercion limits (HB 888), sensitive-lands limits (HB 889), several land-use measures and public-safety financing bills. Lawmakers heard hours of testimony and cast votes on several measures.

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