HB 106 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise laws related to shooting preserve requirements

HB 106 requires all shooting preserves to be located entirely on private property, replacing prior location restrictions. It increases the annual license fee from $100 to $250 and removes limits on how many birds operators must release or harvest each year. The bill also mandates that operators report all game harvests using state-provided forms and repeals the previous requirement for quantity restrictions on game harvests (Section 87-4-523). These changes directly affect shooting preserve operators by altering land use rules, fees, and reporting obligations. The law takes immediate effect upon the governor's signature.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Dec 18, 2024 Signed Apr 7, 2025
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What changed between versions

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MINOR
The bill text underwent minor formatting updates, standardizing the bill number format from 'HB0106' to 'HB 106' and adjusting the header layout. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's scope, funding, eligibility, or operational requirements.
TECHNICAL

Updated the bill number format in the header and enrolled sections from 'HB0106' to 'HB 106'.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 18, 2025 · House Mar 24, 2025

How they voted

472
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Mar 18, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
29 Yea 2 Nay 1
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
40
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Apr 7, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 24, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (97-0-3)
house
Mar 18, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (47-2-1)
senate
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
(S) Returned to House with Amendments
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Fish and Game
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Fish and Game
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
lower
Dec 20, 2024
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
lower
Dec 18, 2024
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Eric Albus
Eric Albus
RRepublican
MT
28