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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Require government to provide certain building code text or citation causing delay or stop"
+description: "Require government to provide certain building code text or citation causing delay or stop"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 427"
+citation: "Montana HB 427 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Buildings and Building Regulations", "Courts", "Local Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Katie Zolnikov"]
+version_count: 56
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2024-11-06T20:45:35+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-13T21:54:51+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d90beba0-da55-4c05-8ec6-b5c2d2cfa858"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0877?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "b63c2b258f00df290aeee25799db7f2e5598b96ee54dab68368b03559ea5026a"
+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 427 (2025) — Require government to provide certain building code text or citation causing delay or stop
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0427.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284778)
+2. **HB0427.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284777)
+3. **HB0427.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288084)
+4. **HB0427.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287180)
+5. **HB0427.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287179)
+6. **HB0427.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288085)
+7. **HB0427.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287173)
+8. **HB0427.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300964)
+9. **HB0427.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303106)
+10. **HB0427_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280536)
+11. **HB0427_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287504)
+12. **HB0427_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287505)
+13. **HB0427_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287506)
+14. **HB0427_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287507)
+15. **HB0427_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280037)
+16. **HB0427_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287509)
+17. **HB0427_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303411)
+18. **HB0427_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303412)
+19. **HB0427_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303413)
+20. **HB0427_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287512)
+21. **HB0427_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287513)
+22. **HB0427_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287611)
+23. **HB0427_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287616)
+24. **HB0427_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287623)
+25. **HB0427_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287647)
+26. **HB0427_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302865)
+27. **HB0427_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303410)
+28. **HB0427_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287508)
+29. **HB0427_3(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303415)
+30. **HB0427_3(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303416)
+31. **HB0427_3(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303503)
+32. **HB0427_3(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303504)
+33. **HB0427_3(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303505)
+34. **HB0427_3(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303614)
+35. **HB0427_3(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306050)
+36. **HB0427_3(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312531)
+37. **HB0427_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303414)
+38. **HB0427_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312533)
+39. **HB0427_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320757)
+40. **HB0427_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322388)
+41. **HB0427_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322389)
+42. **HB0427_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322390)
+43. **HB0427_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324858)
+44. **HB0427_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326007)
+45. **HB0427_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326966)
+46. **HB0427_X(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327839)
+47. **HB0427_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313603)
+48. **HB0427_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313604)
+49. **HB0427_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313605)
+50. **HB0427_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314940)
+51. **HB0427_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314941)
+52. **HB0427_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315023)
+53. **HB0427_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315024)
+54. **HB0427_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317226)
+55. **HB0427_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312532)
+56. **LC0877.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278955)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **57–40** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **58–41** (pass) · lower
+- do_pass_as_amended — **12–8** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **97–3** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **34–16** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **39–10** (pass) · upper
+- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **8–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **61–37** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Katie Zolnikov — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-06T20:45:35+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-01-30T23:18:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-02-02T20:34:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-02-04T21:03:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-02-05T17:22:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-02-05T17:27:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-02-06T15:02:16+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-02-07T18:46:10+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-02-07T19:37:42+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-02-10T17:13:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-10T19:54:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-14T20:43:35+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2025-02-25T18:00:30+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-25T20:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-28T22:11:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-01T22:27:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-03T20:19:37+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-05T00:39:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-19T16:04:52+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
+- **2025-04-02T16:35:15+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
+- **2025-04-02T19:49:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
+- **2025-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-05T15:21:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-07T18:05:37+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2025-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-07T21:46:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-07T23:51:15+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2025-04-10T15:30:08+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2025-04-10T23:04:59+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-15T20:13:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16T21:08:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16T21:49:39+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-19T14:38:34+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-29T22:00:37+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-05-02T16:30:36+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-05-02T17:24:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-08T17:11:09+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13T21:54:51+00:00** 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/d90beba0-da55-4c05-8ec6-b5c2d2cfa858`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+