---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the state building code to allow single stairwells in certain buildings"
description: "Revise the state building code to allow single stairwells in certain buildings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "Montana SB 213 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Buildings and Building Regulations", "Housing", "Property", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Zolnikov"]
version_count: 31
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-27T13:57:46+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T16:51:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55507555-beb2-48ac-b185-fd3a0ba3f712"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0412?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "1a5e3a3a5afb845d5142922be9cf8fdd92f54ccef9a153df0ae21be1d6ae5439"
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 213 (2025) — Revise the state building code to allow single stairwells in certain buildings

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0412.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273474)
2. **SB0213.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281247)
3. **SB0213_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274192)
4. **SB0213_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274809)
5. **SB0213_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275599)
6. **SB0213_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276635)
7. **SB0213_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283759)
8. **SB0213_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283760)
9. **SB0213_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283761)
10. **SB0213_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283762)
11. **SB0213_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274191)
12. **SB0213_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283764)
13. **SB0213_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309128)
14. **SB0213_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283766)
15. **SB0213_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283767)
16. **SB0213_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283789)
17. **SB0213_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283790)
18. **SB0213_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283794)
19. **SB0213_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285751)
20. **SB0213_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296393)
21. **SB0213_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309126)
22. **SB0213_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283763)
23. **SB0213_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316882)
24. **SB0213_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320457)
25. **SB0213_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321785)
26. **SB0213_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321786)
27. **SB0213_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321787)
28. **SB0213_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324737)
29. **SB0213_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325816)
30. **SB0213_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327341)
31. **SB0213_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310945)

## Votes

- do_pass_as_amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **11–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **67–32** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **60–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel Zolnikov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-27T13:57:46+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-21T20:33:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-21T22:20:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-22T16:28:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-22T23:38:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-23T00:50:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-24T15:40:28+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-24T19:59:04+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-24T20:01:22+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-27T19:36:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27T19:44:18+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T18:02:59+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2025-02-17T22:19:41+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18T20:14:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-20T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20T22:07:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-21T21:31:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21T22:29:57+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-22T15:13:42+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-22T16:09:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-07T17:32:12+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2025-03-21T00:25:56+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
- **2025-03-21T19:46:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T21:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:44:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:45:30+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-12T17:40:31+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:15:16+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:00:05+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:38:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T16:51:47+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/55507555-beb2-48ac-b185-fd3a0ba3f712`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).