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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Require FWP notification before the release of large predators"
+description: "Require FWP notification before the release of large predators"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 648"
+citation: "Montana HB 648 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Fish", "Indians", "Law Enforcement"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Ler"]
+version_count: 33
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-11-20T15:02:52+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-05T17:11:47+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61a8e603-aa0c-4ace-ba72-5c4e24423404"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1704?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "37323b830a54f91b9d75da5cfbda0bf15bd76fa391914d042fae0bebd02452f3"
+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 648 (2025) — Require FWP notification before the release of large predators
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0648.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290414)
+2. **HB0648_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286071)
+3. **HB0648_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290973)
+4. **HB0648_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290974)
+5. **HB0648_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290975)
+6. **HB0648_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290976)
+7. **HB0648_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285783)
+8. **HB0648_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290978)
+9. **HB0648_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306777)
+10. **HB0648_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311709)
+11. **HB0648_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311711)
+12. **HB0648_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290979)
+13. **HB0648_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290980)
+14. **HB0648_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291017)
+15. **HB0648_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291020)
+16. **HB0648_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291022)
+17. **HB0648_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291031)
+18. **HB0648_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293870)
+19. **HB0648_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294072)
+20. **HB0648_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290977)
+21. **HB0648_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311714)
+22. **HB0648_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326315)
+23. **HB0648_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327575)
+24. **HB0648_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313158)
+25. **HB0648_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313159)
+26. **HB0648_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317110)
+27. **HB0648_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320675)
+28. **HB0648_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321629)
+29. **HB0648_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321630)
+30. **HB0648_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321631)
+31. **HB0648_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324704)
+32. **HB0648_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311712)
+33. **LC1704.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281499)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower
+- do_pass_as_amended — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brandon Ler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-20T15:02:52+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-02-10T16:11:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-02-10T23:05:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-02-12T18:23:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-02-12T22:56:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-02-13T13:04:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-02-17T14:10:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-02-20T22:03:49+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-02-21T22:35:43+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-02-22T15:22:21+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-22T16:10:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-27T01:15:36+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
+- **2025-03-01T15:30:35+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-01T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-05T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-05T22:00:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07T16:45:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-14T23:44:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-18T19:14:16+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
+- **2025-04-08T21:25:35+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
+- **2025-04-09T00:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
+- **2025-04-14T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-14T20:24:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15T21:26:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15T21:26:31+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-18T12:26:54+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-23T23:00:32+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-24T17:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-24T21:45:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-05T17:11:47+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61a8e603-aa0c-4ace-ba72-5c4e24423404`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+