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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allow for a referendum to terminate citizen initiated zoning district"
+description: "Allow for a referendum to terminate citizen initiated zoning district"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 143"
+citation: "Montana SB 143 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Planning and Development"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Esp"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2022-12-09T15:56:04+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-04T18:10:41+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5f80ec7-5e36-4289-8cf9-2d5667e9b7db"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3562"
+source_hash: "66cbac49048415d88ed2a369db508a1981c64c8903fff83d2237943d40fac0f9"
+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 143 (2023) — Allow for a referendum to terminate citizen initiated zoning district
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0143.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full (1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4575)
+2. **SB0143.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4574)
+3. **SB0143001SCS12900.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10819)
+4. **SB0143_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4550)
+5. **SB0143_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4551)
+6. **SB0143_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4552)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–5** (pass) · lower
+- (H) Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process — **50–41** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **65–35** (pass) · lower
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **64–36** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **34–15** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 2nd Reading Not Concurred — **25–73** (fail) · lower
+- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **34–15** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Esp — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-04T18:10:41+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-05-03T15:21:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-26T16:20:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-26T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-20T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-04-18T20:39:13+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-18T20:39:12+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-14T20:08:28+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-14T19:37:31+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
+- **2023-04-13T22:17:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12T15:55:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-07T16:10:00+00:00** (H) Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-07T14:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Not Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-27T19:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-25T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-21T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-02-17T20:17:08+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-17T19:47:29+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-26T22:27:33+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2023-01-25T21:55:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-01-25T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-01-24T20:36:57+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-19T23:26:33+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-01-19T20:05:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-18T19:45:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-18T18:16:45+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
+- **2023-01-16T21:00:33+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-01-12T17:53:06+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-01-11T22:48:11+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
+- **2023-01-10T20:43:19+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-10T00:41:29+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-09T17:25:57+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2023-01-09T16:15:52+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2023-01-05T16:49:03+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-01-03T22:09:59+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
+- **2023-01-03T22:09:51+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-01-03T21:57:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2023-01-03T17:23:58+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2023-01-03T15:56:44+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-01-03T15:56:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2023-01-03T15:07:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2023-01-02T22:21:50+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-01-02T22:21:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2023-01-02T16:46:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2022-12-30T21:53:15+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2022-12-30T18:07:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2022-12-29T22:05:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2022-12-21T16:03:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-12-09T15:56:04+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5f80ec7-5e36-4289-8cf9-2d5667e9b7db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+