---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to FWP employee firearm use"
description: "Revise laws related to FWP employee firearm use"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 42"
citation: "Montana HB 42 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Guns and Weapons", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jedediah Hinkle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-17T20:51:41+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T18:41:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da650310-83cf-4cd5-bc06-427a42f641c2"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0743"
source_hash: "759dad3e44e9300dd3eca5e7a9a9c759648ae1458947187ee10ba34f42aea320"
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 42 (2023) — Revise laws related to FWP employee firearm use

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0042.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2861)
2. **HB0042_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2862)
3. **HB0042_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2863)
4. **HB0042_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2864)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **77–22** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **75–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jedediah Hinkle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T18:41:53+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:10:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-06T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T23:19:10+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T23:18:27+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:42:09+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:26:50+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-23T20:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T19:49:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-02T22:00:25+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-27T20:33:04+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27T16:32:14+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T22:57:05+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-26T21:46:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T20:37:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:53:26+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-23T20:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T19:21:14+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-05T22:00:12+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:26:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T15:04:55+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-15T18:59:19+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-12T20:41:03+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-07T23:31:30+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-30T20:28:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-29T23:03:07+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-29T22:41:48+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-29T22:41:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-29T17:20:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-29T16:40:16+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-28T21:55:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-28T18:01:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-17T20:51:41+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da650310-83cf-4cd5-bc06-427a42f641c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).