---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising laws related to grizzly bear take in defense of persons and livestock"
description: "Revising laws related to grizzly bear take in defense of persons and livestock"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "Montana SB 98 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Fish and Wildlife", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Gillespie"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 62
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-11-19"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deef5465-14b5-4193-aeb9-6db7cf12daae"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=98&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "6d5d22cb3a61df1bbf801d77723aefffeea020fe5d9fb0acea89f7eb06f6617a"
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 98 (2021) — Revising laws related to grizzly bear take in defense of persons and livestock

## Version chain

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

1. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0098.pdf)
2. **SB0098_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0098_1.pdf)
3. **SB0098_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0098_2.pdf)
4. **SB0098_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0098_X.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **65–33** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **62–37** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **68–32** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **67–32** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce Gillespie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-19** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-18** Draft Back for Requester Changes
- **2020-12-24** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-29** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-02** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-06** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-06** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-07** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-08** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2021-01-28** Tabled in Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-02-04** Taken from Table in Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2021-02-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-12** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-15** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Committee - (H) Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Hearing - (H) Agriculture
- **2021-03-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Agriculture
- **2021-03-17** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Agriculture
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-24** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-30** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-30** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-26** Signed by President
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** Amendments Available
- **2021-04-28** Returned with Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Transmitted to House for Consideration of Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-29** 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-30** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12** 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/deef5465-14b5-4193-aeb9-6db7cf12daae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).