---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise zoning laws to clarify decisions regarding prior nonconforming use of property"
description: "Revise zoning laws to clarify decisions regarding prior nonconforming use of property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 214"
citation: "Montana SB 214 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns", "Counties", "Local Government", "Planning", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 33
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-11-11T16:04:42+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T16:53:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea64836b-4060-4053-8de0-c8495d422238"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1016?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "653905c60967a57fbffe28ecae77bc4ca0e2ca145c4bd17a4a0a956e3731aa6a"
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 214 (2025) — Revise zoning laws to clarify decisions regarding prior nonconforming use of property

## Version chain

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

1. **LC1016.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272955)
2. **SB0214.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285485)
3. **SB0214.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303719)
4. **SB0214.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303718)
5. **SB0214.002.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308615)
6. **SB0214.002.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308612)
7. **SB0214_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274807)
8. **SB0214_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275598)
9. **SB0214_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276634)
10. **SB0214_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287727)
11. **SB0214_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287728)
12. **SB0214_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287729)
13. **SB0214_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274390)
14. **SB0214_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287731)
15. **SB0214_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309135)
16. **SB0214_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287732)
17. **SB0214_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287733)
18. **SB0214_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287854)
19. **SB0214_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287877)
20. **SB0214_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287878)
21. **SB0214_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287960)
22. **SB0214_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289496)
23. **SB0214_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309131)
24. **SB0214_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287730)
25. **SB0214_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316875)
26. **SB0214_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320451)
27. **SB0214_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321361)
28. **SB0214_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321788)
29. **SB0214_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321789)
30. **SB0214_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321790)
31. **SB0214_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324738)
32. **SB0214_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326066)
33. **SB0214_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310938)

## Votes

- do_pass_as_amended — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **52–48** (pass) · lower
- AMD-SB0214.002.004 Strand DO PASS — **41–59** (fail) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–48** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **10–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-11T16:04:42+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-15T15:55:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-16T15:35:04+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-16T17:43:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-17T14:00:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-20T17:25:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-21T15:07:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-23T00:48:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-24T15:51:38+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-24T21:41:03+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-24T22:33:50+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-27T19:36:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27T19:44:34+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-01T18:05:32+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2025-02-25T00:07:04+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25T21:38:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26T21:11:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T20:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T22:07:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T23:22:05+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-28T17:27:19+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T20:19:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06T16:43:43+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2025-04-09T00:08:22+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
- **2025-04-09T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
- **2025-04-11T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T15:38:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T15:46:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:56:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:56:20+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-12T16:24:44+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:43:07+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:38:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T16:53:17+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/ea64836b-4060-4053-8de0-c8495d422238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).