---
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: "SB 281"
citation: "Montana SB 281 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pat Flowers"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 64
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-11T19:37:39+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:17:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20c42876-bd92-497d-b9d6-40d2f2d91e36"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3707"
source_hash: "402792f5c63b5dd8b616485b5210dd3bacda182416f43dc4462527b4f8d32a9f"
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 281 (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. **SB0281.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7110)
2. **SB0281.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7111)
3. **SB0281001SCS18821.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7088)
4. **SB0281_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7043)
5. **SB0281_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7042)
6. **SB0281_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7041)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–8** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **90–8** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **78–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pat Flowers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:17:55+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T15:23:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26T16:20:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-23T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T16:20:22+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T16:20:21+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T20:08:56+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T19:37:46+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-13T22:38:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T14:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-07T19:34:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-07T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-04-07T16:04:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07T15:55:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T20:08:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-30T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T19:34:03+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T01:08:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:17:24+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-02T15:33:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T22:59:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T15:59:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-27T22:20:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T20:48:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23T22:00:57+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-23T15:35:14+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-23T00:08:25+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-20T19:06:30+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-17T22:40:05+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-17T20:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T17:20:29+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-16T16:06:48+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-16T15:25:28+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-15T15:41:48+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-14T22:00:28+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-13T22:45:16+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-08T14:32:58+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07T20:38:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07T16:42:14+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-07T15:10:31+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-03T18:43:27+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-03T18:09:48+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-03T18:04:10+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-03T18:04:04+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-03T17:52:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-03T17:20:12+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-03T17:18:52+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-03T17:18:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-03T17:08:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-03T17:05:28+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-03T16:49:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-03T16:12:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-02T16:14:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-01T21:51:48+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-12-12T22:24:04+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-12-11T19:37:39+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/20c42876-bd92-497d-b9d6-40d2f2d91e36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).