---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to nonresident hunting and fishing"
description: "Revise laws related to nonresident hunting and fishing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 635"
citation: "Montana HB 635 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua Kassmier"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-11T19:38:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-12T14:53:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afb68040-6dc8-4a3e-b69a-72e4a901d839"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3708"
source_hash: "4bfd6fb95e3c8e7ea833359fab0b013716207cdfd24b0d72918ac4f959941435"
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 635 (2023) — Revise laws related to nonresident hunting and fishing

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0635.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9505)
2. **HB0635.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9504)
3. **HB0635_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9507)
4. **HB0635_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9506)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **27–23** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **56–42** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **54–45** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **12–7** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **29–21** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Not Adopted — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Not Adopted — **35–65** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joshua Kassmier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-12T14:53:22+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-09T19:37:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04T17:40:35+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-02T20:18:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Not Adopted `amendment-failure, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T12:38:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate for Consideration of Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2023-04-27T16:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Not Adopted `amendment-failure, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-21T16:13:00+00:00** (H) Returned with Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **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`
- **2023-04-07T20:43:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T16:29:19+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T16:28:44+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-29T22:27:25+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-29T20:36:08+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-28T21:39:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T19:47:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T19:17:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-10T20:09:07+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:15+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T21:34:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T16:59:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T01:35:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T15:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T22:00:07+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T22:28:43+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20T17:55:17+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T17:44:04+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T16:44:04+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-15T17:45:55+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-10T22:42:21+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-10T21:11:42+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-10T21:11:38+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-10T20:14:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-10T15:09:08+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-09T18:36:16+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-09T18:36:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-09T15:06:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-09T03:52:28+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-06T20:30:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-06T20:20:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-06T16:12:24+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-01T21:52:10+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-12-12T22:23:42+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-12-11T19:38:00+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/afb68040-6dc8-4a3e-b69a-72e4a901d839`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).