---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to game bird farms"
description: "Revise laws related to game bird farms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 105"
citation: "Montana HB 105 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Albus"]
version_count: 25
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-10-09T20:09:35+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-03T16:22:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3bb45ba-c330-4a25-8dea-2037e25aef3e"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0515?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "c8513fecda57ec28297c2b712ee64dbe367f327e028142d0a1d55e239c02924c"
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 105 (2025) — Revise laws related to game bird farms

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0105_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269314)
2. **HB0105_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275127)
3. **HB0105_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276196)
4. **HB0105_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277455)
5. **HB0105_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281170)
6. **HB0105_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295235)
7. **HB0105_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269313)
8. **HB0105_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295234)
9. **HB0105_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295239)
10. **HB0105_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310720)
11. **HB0105_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316658)
12. **HB0105_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320243)
13. **HB0105_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324111)
14. **HB0105_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325808)
15. **HB0105_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327337)
16. **HB0105_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295240)
17. **HB0105_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295258)
18. **HB0105_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295260)
19. **HB0105_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295262)
20. **HB0105_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295384)
21. **HB0105_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304711)
22. **HB0105_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304712)
23. **HB0105_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304713)
24. **HB0105_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295237)
25. **LC0515.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265952)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **39–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eric Albus — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-09T20:09:35+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-14T21:05:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-15T17:27:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-11-19T20:33:53+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-22T01:23:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-22T18:57:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-23T19:21:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-26T21:25:24+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-18T16:37:24+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-18T16:38:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2024-12-20T22:14:19+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-06T18:30:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-10T00:27:43+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-01-16T23:25:31+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-17T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-29T20:46:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-30T21:35:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-30T21:49:33+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-31T20:28:45+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04T17:44:06+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T00:38:53+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-02-12T00:19:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-02-12T20:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17T19:44:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T20:28:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T20:29:42+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-19T15:26:28+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-21T23:00:36+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-24T23:00:15+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-25T15:11:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-03T16:22:47+00:00** 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/f3bb45ba-c330-4a25-8dea-2037e25aef3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).