republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/sb-175.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing for streamlined public hearing notice process when revising zoning"
description: "Allowing for streamlined public hearing notice process when revising zoning"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 175"
citation: "Montana SB 175 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Local Government", "Planning", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forrest Mandeville"]
version_count: 28
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-08-27T14:24:58+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T14:46:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5f2051d-2cbc-49a5-b08f-ae140e7a5086"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0014?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "413c6b2caeea9b03cf5836a5326b206d6c266f861a99382739aef16c58d47aef"
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 175 (2025) — Allowing for streamlined public hearing notice process when revising zoning

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0014.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266714)
2. **SB0175.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278053)
3. **SB0175_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273158)
4. **SB0175_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275405)
5. **SB0175_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276453)
6. **SB0175_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278836)
7. **SB0175_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278837)
8. **SB0175_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278838)
9. **SB0175_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278839)
10. **SB0175_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272593)
11. **SB0175_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278841)
12. **SB0175_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278842)
13. **SB0175_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278843)
14. **SB0175_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278875)
15. **SB0175_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278878)
16. **SB0175_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278883)
17. **SB0175_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299964)
18. **SB0175_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302480)
19. **SB0175_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302483)
20. **SB0175_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278840)
21. **SB0175_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316638)
22. **SB0175_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319169)
23. **SB0175_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319170)
24. **SB0175_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319171)
25. **SB0175_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321032)
26. **SB0175_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324456)
27. **SB0175_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325541)
28. **SB0175_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310699)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass_as_amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Forrest Mandeville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-08-27T14:24:58+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-18T20:27:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-22T15:09:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-04T21:55:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-05T14:56:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-09T14:23:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-10T15:52:20+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-20T15:18:00+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-20T15:36:06+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-20T20:51:18+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21T17:35:57+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24T15:02:02+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2025-02-03T22:35:31+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T20:27:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-06T20:37:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-07T21:35:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-07T22:26:41+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-10T17:08:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T20:17:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06T16:43:17+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2025-03-27T23:57:22+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
- **2025-03-28T20:04:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
- **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31T20:50:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T20:07:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T20:07:29+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-02T21:49:53+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-07T16:00:02+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-08T16:15:25+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-17T14:46:39+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/b5f2051d-2cbc-49a5-b08f-ae140e7a5086`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).