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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise property and zoning laws"
+description: "Revise property and zoning laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 259"
+citation: "Montana HB 259 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Planning and Development"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sue Vinton"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-08-25"
+last_action: "2021-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3642eeed-5b3b-4765-92d4-a22e951921a7"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=259&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "70fd6216ec058f9fd66c6051e536287b8fdf88ab99429d4239d7cee4882c95f9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
+---
+
+# Montana HB 259 (2021) — Revise property and zoning laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0259_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0259_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0259_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0259_X.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0259.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- DO PASS — **9–8** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **64–35** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **65–35** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **6–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sue Vinton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-08-25** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-12-02** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2020-12-13** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2020-12-13** Draft in Edit
+- **2020-12-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2020-12-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2020-12-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2020-12-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2020-12-22** Executive Director Review
+- **2020-12-22** Draft in Assembly
+- **2020-12-30** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2020-12-30** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-27** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-02** Hearing - (H) Local Government
+- **2021-02-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-10** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-16** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-16** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-17** Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-12** Hearing - (S) Local Government
+- **2021-03-17** Amendments Available
+- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
+- **2021-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
+- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-26** Returned to House
+- **2021-03-29** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-04-02** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-04-02** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-04-08** Signed by President
+- **2021-04-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3642eeed-5b3b-4765-92d4-a22e951921a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+