---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring trapper education for certain resident trappers"
description: "Requiring trapper education for certain resident trappers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 60"
citation: "Montana SB 60 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Recreation/Parks/Sports", "Revenue", "State", "Safety (see also: Health)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pat Flowers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-09-11"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e51aa4d-a564-442a-a649-826e79fa57ae"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=60&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "45f73cd3e3e9f1ae579c3a81a31e5f9eee0d78c4964f2edc4338143f40a646f2"
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 SB 60 (2021) — Requiring trapper education for certain resident trappers

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0060_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0060_1.pdf)
2. **SB0060_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0060_2.pdf)
3. **SB0060_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0060_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0060.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pat Flowers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-11** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-21** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-02** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-08** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-08** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-08** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-08** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2020-12-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-05** Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-05** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-08** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-08** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-12** Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2021-01-14** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-10** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-02-12** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-16** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-20** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-22** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2021-03-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2021-03-17** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-19** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-30** Signed by President
- **2021-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-31** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-09** 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/7e51aa4d-a564-442a-a649-826e79fa57ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).