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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Remove prohibitions on county board of appeals re: property use and zoning"
+description: "Remove prohibitions on county board of appeals re: property use and zoning"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 496"
+citation: "Montana HB 496 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Planning and Development", "Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2020-12-13"
+last_action: "2021-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aafceaf-edc5-4a24-8ba0-23726f8c4775"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=496&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "c2dd5c64b577314019905dcf5619122a537adf42e6f31c0b36c3d4ab4174e6e8"
+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 496 (2021) — Remove prohibitions on county board of appeals re: property use and zoning
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0496_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0496_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0496_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0496_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0496_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0496_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0496.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- DO PASS — **15–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **96–3** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Mercer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-13** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-02-16** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-02-16** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-02-16** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-02-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-02-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-02-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-02-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-17** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-02-18** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-18** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-19** Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-25** Hearing - (H) Local Government
+- **2021-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** Amendments Available
+- **2021-03-15** Hearing - (S) Local Government
+- **2021-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Local Government
+- **2021-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Local Government
+- **2021-03-16** Printed - New Version Available
+- **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 with Amendments
+- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-20** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-21** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-21** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-04-27** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-04-28** Signed by President
+- **2021-04-28** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-30** 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/9aafceaf-edc5-4a24-8ba0-23726f8c4775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+