---
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).