HB 802 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise zoning laws related to the rental of a primary residence

HB 802 aimed to revise Montana's zoning laws concerning the rental of primary residences. The bill stipulated that county and municipal zoning regulations could not prohibit the short-term rental of a property owner's primary residence, an accessory dwelling unit on the same parcel, or a residence on a neighboring lot. A "primary residence" was defined as a dwelling occupied by the owner for at least 183 days annually. This measure would have established these specific short-term rentals as permissible uses, limiting local government authority to ban them.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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LC3403.pdf → HB0802_1.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was officially renamed from LC 3403 to HB 802, reflecting its transition from a legislative committee report to an introduced House bill. The document now lists four specific sponsors (S. Maness, E. Tilleman, C. Hinkle, and B. Mitchell) instead of leaving the sponsor field blank. These changes represent standard procedural formatting updates required to move a proposal forward in the legislative process.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was changed from LC 3403 to HB 802.1 and then to HB 802, indicating a formal renumbering and introduction.

Four specific names were added to the sponsor section, identifying the legislators who introduced the bill.

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 4, 2025

Amended

(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Local Government

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors