# Montana SB 174: Providing that recreational vehicles and mobile homes are reviewed as buildings for rent or lease Montana SB 174, Providing that recreational vehicles and mobile homes are reviewed as buildings for rent or lease, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Forrest Mandeville (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-16 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB174-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana SB 174 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Providing that recreational vehicles and mobile homes are reviewed as buildings for rent or lease - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-20 - Last action: 2025-05-16, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Landlord and Tenant, Property, Motor Vehicles, Planning - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (389 yes, 7 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Park land or fees for RV subdivisions: cost, medium. Subdivisions that create permanent multiple RV or mobile-home spaces no longer get a special park-dedication exception. Local governments can require land or cash for parks under state park-dedication rules. This raises one-time costs for those projects. - Lodging tax on some new RV spaces: cost, low. When zoning rules are not in place, new spaces created for RV or mobile-home parks do not get the lodging tax exemption. The lodging facility use tax applies to spaces created on or after the law’s effective date in those areas. This can raise the total price paid to stay at these sites. - More rules for four-plus rental buildings: cost, low. For projects with four or more rental buildings, local rules must check flood-plain compliance and follow an adopted growth policy. Developers planning four or more rental buildings must meet these added checks to get approval. - Multi-space RV parks now treated as buildings: mixed, medium. The law treats RVs and mobile homes, and sites with many rental spaces under one owner, as buildings if they meet state definitions. Owners of these sites must follow the building rules for places rented to others. These areas are no longer automatically treated as subdivisions. Local subdivision r… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-17 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2025-04-16 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 48 | 2 | | | 2025-04-11 | House | Do Concur | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-04-10 | House | Do Concur | pass | 97 | 0 | | | 2025-02-14 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 49 | 1 | | | 2025-02-13 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 46 | 4 | | ## Actions (28) - 2025-05-16: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-05: Transmitted to Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-05: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-29: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-19: Returned from Enrolling (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Sent to Enrolling (Senate) - 2025-04-17: 3rd Reading House Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-16: 2nd Reading House Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-15: 2nd Reading Pass Consideration (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Returned to Senate with Amendments (House) - 2025-04-11: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-04-10: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-04-09: 2nd Reading Pass Consideration (House) - 2025-04-04: Committee Report (House) - 2025-04-03: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-06: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-17: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-02-17: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-14: Transmitted to House (Senate) - 2025-02-14: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-13: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-01-20: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-20: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-17: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=70caca17-2f93-46fc-aa30-41f705ccf657) - As Amended (Version 3), 2025-04-04: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8078c22a-73dc-46c1-b524-4c5cfdd39c03) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-02-11: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8980d26a-f224-401f-8e43-068c5469265c) - Introduced, 2025-01-20: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=2adb71ff-983f-44c5-b698-9b169367ef81) ## 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=70caca17-2f93-46fc-aa30-41f705ccf657) - [As Amended (Version 3) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8078c22a-73dc-46c1-b524-4c5cfdd39c03) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8980d26a-f224-401f-8e43-068c5469265c) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=2adb71ff-983f-44c5-b698-9b169367ef81) ## 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-SB174-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).