Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB228: Revised requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts
Status: Signed into law, May 19, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts; repealing a termination date; amending section 5-4208, mca; repealing section 6, chapter 350, laws of 2021; and providing an effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REPORTING OF ACTUAL COSTS FOR LEGISLATION WITH PROJECTED FISCAL IMPACTS; REPEALING A TERMINATION DATE; AMENDING SECTION 5-4208, MCA; REPEALING SECTION 6, CHAPTER 350, LAWS OF 2021; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 5-4-208, MCA, is amended to read: "5-4-208. (Temporary) Report Report of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impact. (1) Except for the general appropriations act and any bill exempted by the legislature, for each bill with an estimated expenditure amount of over $1 million $500,000 from the general fund in any 1 of the 4 fiscal years identified in the bill's fiscal note, or as required in the bill, that is passed and approved for which a fiscal note is prepared and presented to the legislature, the office of budget and program planning shall prepare and present an annual an annual report to the legislative finance committee by October 1 of each year by October 1 of each year. (2) The report The report must include the following (b)(b) the actual expenditures incurred based on the bill as enacted for the past entire fiscal year for the past entire fiscal year and a description of how the funds were expended; and (c)(c) a comparison to the projected costs of the bill as projected in the fiscal note for that …
Sponsors
- Mercer, Bill (R, 52) · primary sponsor
- Cuffe, Mike (R, 1)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading Governor's Amendments
- : (H) 3rd Reading Governor's Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 25, 2025): 48 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 25, 2025): 95 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 24, 2025): 44 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 24, 2025): 64 yea, 35 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 31, 2025): 50 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 28, 2025): 48 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Legislature, State Finance
Common questions
- What is HB228?
- HB228 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revised requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts.
- What does HB228 do?
- In its own words: An act revising requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts; repealing a termination date; amending section 5-4208, mca; repealing section 6, chapter 350, laws of 2021; and providing an effective date.
- What is the status of HB228?
- Signed into law as of May 19, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 19, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB228?
- Mercer, Bill (R, 52), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB228?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3417
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