---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to firearms, ammunition, and accessories"
description: "Revise laws related to firearms, ammunition, and accessories"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 258"
citation: "Montana HB 258 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Guns and Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jedediah Hinkle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 54
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-12-01"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e1b7bb5-272e-45dc-9fbe-3db7c1c20dc5"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=258&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "9f2b8656f4a5a6f8451d1f615debbeafde5be9c7f1dcf0f0090fdbde6b8e9279"
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 258 (2021) — Revise laws related to firearms, ammunition, and accessories

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0258_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0258_1.pdf)
2. **HB0258_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0258_2.pdf)
3. **HB0258_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0258_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0258.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **66–33** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jedediah Hinkle — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-12-01** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-16** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-21** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-21** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-22** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-27** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-02-02** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-02** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-02** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-03** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-12** Tabled in Committee - (H) Judiciary `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-02-24** Taken from Table in Committee - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-03-19** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-24** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-01** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Returned to House
- **2021-04-06** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-07** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-07** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-13** Signed by President
- **2021-04-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-23** 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/3e1b7bb5-272e-45dc-9fbe-3db7c1c20dc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).