---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise municipal zoning laws related to parking requirements"
description: "Revise municipal zoning laws related to parking requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 492"
citation: "Montana HB 492 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns", "City Finance", "Local Government", "Planning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Zolnikov"]
version_count: 42
action_count: 44
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-11-06T20:58:11+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T21:59:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8efbc3c-a886-47b0-80b0-53bfef44104d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0886?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "8311d1374d17c0b3d9260e20342fc2533922b681d113e9fc7adffd8360c650b8"
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 492 (2025) — Revise municipal zoning laws related to parking requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0492.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287183)
2. **HB0492.002.001_Amendments-in-Context-final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305619)
3. **HB0492.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305618)
4. **HB0492_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288521)
5. **HB0492_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288522)
6. **HB0492_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288523)
7. **HB0492_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288524)
8. **HB0492_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281954)
9. **HB0492_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288529)
10. **HB0492_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291813)
11. **HB0492_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306105)
12. **HB0492_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307256)
13. **HB0492_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307257)
14. **HB0492_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307258)
15. **HB0492_2(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307259)
16. **HB0492_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288533)
17. **HB0492_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288594)
18. **HB0492_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288596)
19. **HB0492_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288598)
20. **HB0492_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288600)
21. **HB0492_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288601)
22. **HB0492_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288602)
23. **HB0492_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288608)
24. **HB0492_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288526)
25. **HB0492_3(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307284)
26. **HB0492_3(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309365)
27. **HB0492_3(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314166)
28. **HB0492_3(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314170)
29. **HB0492_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307280)
30. **HB0492_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314173)
31. **HB0492_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325069)
32. **HB0492_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326013)
33. **HB0492_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314751)
34. **HB0492_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314752)
35. **HB0492_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316272)
36. **HB0492_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317324)
37. **HB0492_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320801)
38. **HB0492_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323271)
39. **HB0492_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323273)
40. **HB0492_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323274)
41. **HB0492_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314171)
42. **LC0886.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279542)

## Votes

- Cloture-Matthews — **81–15** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **64–36** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **73–26** (pass) · lower
- do_pass_as_amended — **10–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **8–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katie Zolnikov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-06T20:58:11+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-06T20:58:12+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-23T20:47:32+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-05T17:43:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-05T23:37:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-06T15:59:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-06T21:25:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-07T23:01:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-10T15:35:12+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-13T18:44:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-13T18:59:04+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-13T19:00:19+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T19:41:47+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13T22:42:42+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2025-02-26T00:33:43+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T20:34:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T21:40:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-03T22:08:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T23:19:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-04T20:27:44+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06T20:59:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-03-19T21:27:13+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-20T23:17:22+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-03-21T16:53:38+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21T22:31:16+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-27T14:44:30+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2025-04-07T22:39:09+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Local Government
- **2025-04-09T19:39:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Local Government
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T17:17:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T20:58:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T23:02:27+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:50:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17T21:55:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T19:59:23+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T06:44:04+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T17:00:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06T20:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T18:41:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T21:59:01+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/c8efbc3c-a886-47b0-80b0-53bfef44104d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).