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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allow a county commission to hold certain zoning appeal hearings de novo"
+description: "Allow a county commission to hold certain zoning appeal hearings de novo"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 135"
+citation: "Montana SB 135 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Planning and Development"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-08-27"
+last_action: "2021-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1635bba1-8eed-4661-b55d-8f866e430367"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=135&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "4b6df493a7f5974a916db8afe845e5aeca5615de9e04d52891e7eba7f53c61b6"
+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 SB 135 (2021) — Allow a county commission to hold certain zoning appeal hearings de novo
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0135_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0135_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0135_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0135_X.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0135.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **15–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **86–14** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **9–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **85–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-08-27** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-01-13** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-01-14** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-14** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-20** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-20** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-21** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-21** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-21** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-22** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-22** Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-29** Hearing - (S) Local Government
+- **2021-02-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-16** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-17** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-17** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-02-19** Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Hearing - (H) Local Government
+- **2021-03-16** Amendments Available
+- **2021-03-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
+- **2021-03-17** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
+- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-24** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-25** Returned to Senate
+- **2021-03-26** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-03-30** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-03-30** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-04-07** Signed by President
+- **2021-04-12** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-04-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-21** 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/1635bba1-8eed-4661-b55d-8f866e430367`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+