republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-211.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the local subdivision review process"
description: "Revise the local subdivision review process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 211"
citation: "Montana HB 211 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Planning and Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Larry Brewster"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-11-20T17:22:41+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T22:03:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b4b98a9-8b16-405c-90b4-d2293b248250"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1387"
source_hash: "1c210b3201ab671fe8ebb02afb4a5fa5c8b8aa436771f2573794525c5c62b479"
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 211 (2023) — Revise the local subdivision review process

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0211.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5552)
2. **HB0211.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5550)
3. **HB0211.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5556)
4. **HB0211.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5553)
5. **HB0211.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5555)
6. **HB0211.002.003.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5557)
7. **HB0211.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5554)
8. **HB0211.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5551)
9. **HB0211_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5558)
10. **HB0211_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5560)
11. **HB0211_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5559)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **74–23** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed — **16–34** (fail) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **75–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Larry Brewster — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T22:03:03+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T16:07:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T16:10:07+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T16:08:16+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-30T21:58:09+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-30T21:25:53+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-29T20:09:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T20:03:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T20:02:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23T19:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-22T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T16:25:50+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T20:21:03+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01T14:04:43+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-31T22:12:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T20:32:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T20:25:13+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-25T20:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25T01:04:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24T16:33:37+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-17T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-09T21:08:51+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-09T18:25:26+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06T17:09:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-06T17:08:09+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-04T15:01:45+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-29T00:01:50+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-27T22:04:17+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-27T22:04:09+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-26T19:57:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-21T20:43:13+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-21T20:36:52+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-21T20:36:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-21T20:06:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-21T18:38:23+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-21T16:05:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-19T23:35:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-19T18:41:11+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-20T17:22:41+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/6b4b98a9-8b16-405c-90b4-d2293b248250`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).