---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to hunting and aircraft use"
description: "Revise laws related to hunting and aircraft use"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "Montana SB 84 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Fish and Wildlife", "Recreation/Parks/Sports", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Brown"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-17T20:48:06+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-02T15:31:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/963faa83-d39d-4eac-8815-d9c9fead17f2"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0737"
source_hash: "54b09400132c0b92cd72b087cfbd61564761ba1c9239d82b8670299fb00f6995"
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 84 (2023) — Revise laws related to hunting and aircraft use

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0084.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3303)
2. **SB0084.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3304)
3. **SB0084.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3302)
4. **SB0084.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3305)
5. **SB0084001SCS16494.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10746)
6. **SB0084002SCS18811.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10747)
7. **SB0084_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2483)
8. **SB0084_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2481)
9. **SB0084_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2482)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **18–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-02T15:31:18+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-01T19:09:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-24T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-22T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-13T21:07:27+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-13T19:44:42+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-07T21:07:01+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-06T23:17:43+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-06T22:07:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:51:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T20:07:00+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
- **2023-02-14T20:22:12+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T19:46:41+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T22:03:52+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-27T21:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T20:22:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T22:12:16+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-23T20:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T22:34:18+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T19:53:40+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-16T20:30:15+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-12T22:00:23+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-11T20:19:42+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-02T20:23:46+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-29T00:33:23+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-15T23:26:08+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-03T17:22:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-03T15:01:36+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-02T23:26:36+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-02T23:26:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-02T23:01:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-02T22:39:15+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-30T20:47:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-28T18:15:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-17T20:48:06+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/963faa83-d39d-4eac-8815-d9c9fead17f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).