# Montana HB 492: Revise municipal zoning laws related to parking requirements Montana HB 492, Revise municipal zoning laws related to parking requirements, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Katie Zolnikov (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB492-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 492 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revise municipal zoning laws related to parking requirements - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-13 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Katie Zolnikov (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Planning, Cities and Towns, City Finance, Local Government - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (462 yes, 131 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Multi-unit housing allowed in commercial zones: benefit, medium. Beginning Oct 1, 2026, cities that are urban areas with over 5,000 people must allow multi-unit and mixed-use housing on commercial parcels. The parcel must have will-serve letters from both the municipal water and sewer systems. This creates a permitted use; it does not set the number of units or… - Statewide lower parking rules for housing: benefit, medium. Beginning Oct 1, 2026, local rules statewide cannot require more than 1 parking space per housing unit. For units under 1,200 square feet, the cap is 0.5 space per unit. Cities cannot set any minimum parking for existing buildings that change use, licensed or registered child-care, deed-restricted… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Katie Zolnikov (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-17 | House | Do Concur | pass | 73 | 26 | | | 2025-04-16 | House | Do Concur | pass | 98 | 2 | | | 2025-04-12 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 46 | 4 | | | 2025-04-11 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 43 | 7 | | | 2025-03-03 | House | Do Pass | pass | 57 | 41 | | | 2025-03-01 | House | Do Pass | pass | 64 | 36 | | | 2025-03-01 | House | Cloture-Matthews | pass | 81 | 15 | | ## Actions (30) - 2025-05-19: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-07: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-23: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-18: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-17: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-16: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-12: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-12: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-11: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-03-21: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Fiscal Note Unsigned (House) - 2025-03-19: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-03-06: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate) - 2025-03-04: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-03-03: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-03-01: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-02-26: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-25: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-13: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-13: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-02-13: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-13: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-22: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=e4c23b80-a191-44fa-889d-0ae2dbf88b5e) - As Amended (Version 3), 2025-04-09: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ae8267c9-4d5e-4ace-bcff-3d2559ccb492) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-02-26: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=09bb6697-4ca3-41d6-aeae-f3fc74063cde) - Introduced, 2025-02-13: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c6bda998-ec00-45b2-9151-57668db46ffe) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=e4c23b80-a191-44fa-889d-0ae2dbf88b5e) - [As Amended (Version 3) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ae8267c9-4d5e-4ace-bcff-3d2559ccb492) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=09bb6697-4ca3-41d6-aeae-f3fc74063cde) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c6bda998-ec00-45b2-9151-57668db46ffe) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB492-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).