Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB842: Legislative referendum on sales tax to fund education
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing that the legislature may establish a sales tax not to exceed 4% used solely to reduce property taxes that fund public schools and the montana university system; and providing that the proposed act be submitted to the qualified electors of montana.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE LEGISLATURE MAY ESTABLISH A SALES TAX NOT TO EXCEED 4% USED SOLELY TO REDUCE PROPERTY TAXES THAT FUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM; AND PROVIDING THAT THE PROPOSED ACT BE SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF MONTANA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Sales tax to reduce education property taxes -- exemptions. (1) The legislature may enact a sales tax not to exceed 4% to reduce property taxes that fund public schools and the Montana university system. (2) If enacted, a sales tax should minimize repeated taxation by taxing final goods and services and exempt the (b) groceries; (c) fuel used for transportation and agriculture; (d) health care; and (e) financial and insurance services. NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 15, and the provisions of Title 15 apply to [section 1]. NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on approval by the electorate. - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB 69th Legislature 2025 HB 842.1 NEW SECTION. Section 4. Submission to electorate. [This act] shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Montana at the general election to be held in …
Sponsors
- Barker, Brad (R, 55) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for Referendum Proposal Transmittal
- : (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (H) Fiscal Note Received
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
Subjects: Referendum, Education - Post-Secondary, Taxation, Education - School Finance, Taxation--Sales, Education - K-12, Colleges, Taxation--Property
Common questions
- What is HB842?
- HB842 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Legislative referendum on sales tax to fund education.
- What does HB842 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing that the legislature may establish a sales tax not to exceed 4% used solely to reduce property taxes that fund public schools and the montana university system; and providing that the proposed act be submitted to the qualified electors of montana.".
- What is the status of HB842?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB842?
- Barker, Brad (R, 55).
- Where is the official record for HB842?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3589
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