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HB228 • 2025

Revised requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts

Revised requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts

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Sponsor
Bill Mercer
Last action
2025-05-19
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

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Revised requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts

Revised requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts

What This Bill Does

  • Revised requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-19 HOUSE

    Chapter Number Assigned

  2. 2025-05-13 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Governor

  3. 2025-05-07 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Governor

  4. 2025-05-06 SENATE

    (S) Signed by President

  5. 2025-05-02 HOUSE

    (H) Returned from Enrolling

  6. 2025-05-02 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Speaker

  7. 2025-04-28 HOUSE

    (H) Sent to Enrolling

  8. 2025-04-25 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  9. 2025-04-25 HOUSE

    (H) 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted

  10. 2025-04-25 SENATE

    (S) 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted

  11. 2025-04-24 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  12. 2025-04-24 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  13. 2025-04-24 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted

  14. 2025-04-24 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted

  15. 2025-04-17 HOUSE

    (H) Returned with Governor's Proposed Amendments

  16. 2025-04-09 SENATE

    (S) Signed by President

  17. 2025-04-09 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Governor

  18. 2025-04-07 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Speaker

  19. 2025-04-02 HOUSE

    (H) Returned from Enrolling

  20. 2025-03-31 SENATE

    (S) 3rd Reading Concurred

  21. 2025-03-31 HOUSE

    (H) Sent to Enrolling

  22. 2025-03-28 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Concurred

  23. 2025-03-27 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration

  24. 2025-03-21 SENATE

    (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred

  25. 2025-03-21 SENATE

    (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred

  26. 2025-03-17 SENATE

    (S) Hearing

  27. 2025-02-14 SENATE

    (S) Referred to Committee

  28. 2025-02-07 SENATE

    (S) First Reading

  29. 2025-02-06 HOUSE

    (H) 3rd Reading Passed

  30. 2025-02-06 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Senate

  31. 2025-02-05 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Passed

  32. 2025-01-31 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed

  33. 2025-01-30 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed

  34. 2025-01-29 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Signed

  35. 2025-01-29 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Printed

  36. 2025-01-28 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Received

  37. 2025-01-22 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  38. 2025-01-16 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  39. 2025-01-16 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  40. 2025-01-15 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  41. 2025-01-15 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  42. 2025-01-15 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Requested

  43. 2025-01-14 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  44. 2025-01-14 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  45. 2025-01-14 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  46. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  47. 2025-01-08 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  48. 2025-01-08 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  49. 2024-12-14 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Revised requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
- 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB 228
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 228
ENROLLED BILL
AN ACT REVISING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REPORTING OF ACTUAL COSTS FOR LEGISLATION
WITH PROJECTED FISCAL IMPACTS; REPEALING A TERMINATION DATE; AMENDING SECTION 5-4-
208, MCA; REPEALING SECTION 6, CHAPTER 350, LAWS OF 2021; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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 information:
(a)(a) the name of the bill;
(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 same fiscal
year fiscal year.
(2)(3) The report to the legislature must include bills that qualify under subsection (1) for which a
fiscal note was prepared which have been in effect for at least 1 fiscal year. The bill must be included in the
report for each year year a cost was projected in a corresponding fiscal note.
- 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB 228
- 2 - Authorized Print Version – HB 228
ENROLLED BILL
(3)(4) The report must be provided in an electronic format.
(4)(5) The report must also be submitted to the legislature as provided in 5-11-210. (Terminates
December 31, 2025--sec. 6, Ch. 350, L. 2021.)"
Section 2. Repealer. Section 6, Chapter 350, Laws of 2021, is repealed.
Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective June 30, 2025.
- END -
I hereby certify that the within bill,
HB 228, originated in the House.
___________________________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
___________________________________________
Speaker of the House
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
___________________________________________
President of the Senate
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
HOUSE BILL NO. 228
INTRODUCED BY B. MERCER
AN ACT REVISING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REPORTING OF ACTUAL COSTS FOR LEGISLATION WITH
PROJECTED FISCAL IMPACTS; REPEALING A TERMINATION DATE; AMENDING SECTION 5-4-208, MCA;
REPEALING SECTION 6, CHAPTER 350, LAWS OF 2021; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.