---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise fee for nonresident base hunting license"
description: "Revise fee for nonresident base hunting license"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 145"
citation: "Montana HB 145 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Parry"]
version_count: 75
action_count: 67
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2024-11-16T20:27:18+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T21:27:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47c7e295-0e8a-4019-ad96-00c05c67b317"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1498?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "0795fe26d1c378580884278d7036159c9eee7d136cddc3dc42542a3709c7da30"
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 145 (2025) — Revise fee for nonresident base hunting license

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0145.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279132)
2. **HB0145.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277336)
3. **HB0145.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283126)
4. **HB0145.004.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314547)
5. **HB0145_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270416)
6. **HB0145_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270423)
7. **HB0145_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270429)
8. **HB0145_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275171)
9. **HB0145_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276238)
10. **HB0145_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280093)
11. **HB0145_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280094)
12. **HB0145_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280095)
13. **HB0145_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280097)
14. **HB0145_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270143)
15. **HB0145_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280099)
16. **HB0145_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283920)
17. **HB0145_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280101)
18. **HB0145_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280102)
19. **HB0145_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280132)
20. **HB0145_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280133)
21. **HB0145_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280163)
22. **HB0145_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283917)
23. **HB0145_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283918)
24. **HB0145_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283919)
25. **HB0145_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280098)
26. **HB0145_3(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283922)
27. **HB0145_3(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311635)
28. **HB0145_3(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283923)
29. **HB0145_3(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283924)
30. **HB0145_3(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283946)
31. **HB0145_3(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283947)
32. **HB0145_3(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283955)
33. **HB0145_3(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286857)
34. **HB0145_3(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306773)
35. **HB0145_3(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311633)
36. **HB0145_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283921)
37. **HB0145_5(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319749)
38. **HB0145_5(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319759)
39. **HB0145_5(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319764)
40. **HB0145_5(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319765)
41. **HB0145_5(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319772)
42. **HB0145_5(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319774)
43. **HB0145_5(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319795)
44. **HB0145_5(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319797)
45. **HB0145_5(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319798)
46. **HB0145_5.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319252)
47. **HB0145_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311638)
48. **HB0145_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317952)
49. **HB0145_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318157)
50. **HB0145_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318930)
51. **HB0145_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319250)
52. **HB0145_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319350)
53. **HB0145_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319605)
54. **HB0145_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319751)
55. **HB0145_X(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319799)
56. **HB0145_X(18).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319802)
57. **HB0145_X(19).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319803)
58. **HB0145_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311639)
59. **HB0145_X(20).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319818)
60. **HB0145_X(21).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319819)
61. **HB0145_X(22).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321067)
62. **HB0145_X(23).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323234)
63. **HB0145_X(24).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323235)
64. **HB0145_X(25).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323236)
65. **HB0145_X(26).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325056)
66. **HB0145_X(27).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326220)
67. **HB0145_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312282)
68. **HB0145_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312283)
69. **HB0145_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317067)
70. **HB0145_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317810)
71. **HB0145_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317811)
72. **HB0145_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317824)
73. **HB0145_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317951)
74. **HB0145_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311636)
75. **LC1498.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269701)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass_as_amended — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **19–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gary Parry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-16T20:27:18+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-30T17:57:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-01T16:28:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-02T16:26:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-02T20:15:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-05T18:28:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-07T00:28:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-08T15:52:06+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-08T21:04:33+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-09T19:01:45+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09T20:05:08+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22T16:32:49+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-01-23T15:49:47+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-27T22:57:57+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-28T15:39:07+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-29T22:55:01+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-06T23:06:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07T00:00:48+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07T17:48:22+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-07T20:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10T21:44:11+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-10T22:20:47+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-11T16:34:02+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-12T20:11:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-12T21:22:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T22:57:04+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-02-17T23:00:42+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18T20:07:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T17:10:33+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-21T21:41:05+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-22T01:33:40+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-22T15:06:00+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-22T18:46:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24T22:09:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-24T22:29:03+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-25T20:42:06+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-03T18:21:23+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T19:14:15+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-04-08T21:18:09+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-04-09T00:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-04-10T22:23:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T01:11:01+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-11T19:41:23+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-04-13T00:57:42+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-04-14T15:35:25+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-04-14T18:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-04-15T21:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:08:37+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-17T05:38:41+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-18T20:50:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22T13:30:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22T21:20:55+00:00** (H) Returned with Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2025-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24T20:33:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-24T21:33:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-25T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-25T16:08:01+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-25T17:15:01+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-28T14:47:10+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-05-01T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T18:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T15:03:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T18:31:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T21:27:09+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/47c7e295-0e8a-4019-ad96-00c05c67b317`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).