---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create the Montana Land Use Planning Act"
description: "Create the Montana Land Use Planning Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 382"
citation: "Montana SB 382 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns (see also: Local Government)", "Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Environmental Protection", "Housing", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Planning and Development", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forrest Mandeville"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-16T20:49:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-18T15:43:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0e7abee-d4ed-4fe0-8834-32e77c851b9a"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1251"
source_hash: "654a81036dad1e8454bee164a6ed5bfefb3c09c5f8946ba8ccb2db0ce5034571"
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 382 (2023) — Create the Montana Land Use Planning Act

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB0382.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8247)
2. **SB0382.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8249)
3. **SB0382.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8253)
4. **SB0382.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8250)
5. **SB0382.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8248)
6. **SB0382.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8254)
7. **SB0382.002.003_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8252)
8. **SB0382.002.003_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8251)
9. **SB0382001SCS16509.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8225)
10. **SB0382002SCS.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8223)
11. **SB0382002SCS16509.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8224)
12. **SB0382_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8185)
13. **SB0382_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8182)
14. **SB0382_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8184)
15. **SB0382_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8183)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **95–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Forrest Mandeville — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-05-18T15:43:18+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-17T16:32:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-02T16:30:35+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02T16:30:34+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T00:27:54+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-27T19:45:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:48:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:38:26+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2023-04-13T22:14:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T14:52:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T15:26:24+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-05T19:24:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-04T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-23T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T21:45:34+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T21:06:46+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:18:13+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-02T16:00:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T00:05:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T22:34:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T20:12:49+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-27T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-26T19:13:41+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-22T21:30:43+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T20:24:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T14:02:24+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T21:39:43+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T20:59:46+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-16T20:51:49+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-16T19:43:58+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-16T14:55:11+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-16T14:54:57+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-16T13:35:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-16T13:21:30+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-16T00:20:02+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T00:20:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-15T18:50:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-15T02:06:36+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-10T22:05:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-09T00:59:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-20T20:57:44+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-11-16T20:51:27+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-11-16T20:49:37+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/f0e7abee-d4ed-4fe0-8834-32e77c851b9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).