Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB94: Allow sharing of tax records for securities and insurance fraud investigations
Status: Failed, May 22, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising confidentiality of tax record laws to allow the commissioner of securities and insurance to investigate noncompliance, fraud, and abuse under securities and insurance laws; and amending section 15-302618, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING CONFIDENTIALITY OF TAX RECORD LAWS TO ALLOW THE COMMISSIONER OF SECURITIES AND INSURANCE TO INVESTIGATE NONCOMPLIANCE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE UNDER SECURITIES AND INSURANCE LAWS; AND AMENDING SECTION 15-302618, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 15-30-2618, MCA, is amended to read: "15-30-2618. (Temporary) Confidentiality of tax records. (1) Except as provided in 5-12-303, 15-1106, 17-7-111, and subsections (6) through (8) of this section, in accordance with a proper judicial order, or as otherwise provided by law, it is unlawful to divulge or make known in any manner: (a) the amount of income or any particulars set forth or disclosed in any individual report or individual return required under this chapter or any other information secured in the administration of this chapter; or (b) any federal return or federal return information disclosed on any return or report required by rule of the department or under this chapter. (2) (a) The officers charged with the custody of the reports and returns may not be required to produce them or evidence of anything contained in them in an action or proceeding in a court, except in an action or or (ii) on behalf of a party to any action or proceedings under the provisions of this …
Sponsors
- Bertoglio, Marta (R, 75) · primary sponsor
- Noland, Mark (R, 6)
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (S) 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed
- : (S) 2nd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (S) Committee Report
- : (S) Committee Executive Action
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Hearing Canceled
- : (S) Hearing
Votes
- Indefinitely Postpone -McGillvray (March 24, 2025): 46 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 24, 2025): 21 yea, 29 nay, failed
- Do Pass (January 27, 2025): 61 yea, 37 nay, passed
- Do Pass (January 24, 2025): 61 yea, 37 nay, passed
Subjects: Crimes, Taxation, State Government
Common questions
- What is HB94?
- HB94 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Allow sharing of tax records for securities and insurance fraud investigations.
- What does HB94 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising confidentiality of tax record laws to allow the commissioner of securities and insurance to investigate noncompliance, fraud, and abuse under securities and insurance laws; and amending section 15-302618, mca.".
- What is the status of HB94?
- Failed as of May 22, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 22, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB94?
- Bertoglio, Marta (R, 75), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB94?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0103
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