--- type: "Bill" title: "Generally revise laws related to licensing donations for disabled veterans" description: "Generally revise laws related to licensing donations for disabled veterans" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 307" citation: "Montana HB 307 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Fish"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barker"] version_count: 15 action_count: 37 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-12-14T20:35:33+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-05T14:08:42+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bdb4c2c-cb88-41f4-b298-752f000faeaf" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3667?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "062fc38299d2b5f55cb4a8b55a3a0263b652fe0dfaa7083fceafc2419d075e8c" 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 307 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to licensing donations for disabled veterans ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0307_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274213) 2. **HB0307_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275538) 3. **HB0307_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276579) 4. **HB0307_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284515) 5. **HB0307_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298513) 6. **HB0307_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308283) 7. **HB0307_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308284) 8. **HB0307_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274044) 9. **HB0307_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316820) 10. **HB0307_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320396) 11. **HB0307_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324626) 12. **HB0307_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326934) 13. **HB0307_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327826) 14. **HB0307_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310880) 15. **LC3667.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271754) ## Votes - Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Brad Barker — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-12-14T20:35:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-12-14T20:35:33+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2024-12-19T20:17:10+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2025-01-14T16:08:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-14T21:19:26+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-15T19:08:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-16T00:13:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-16T22:52:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-21T21:19:06+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-23T18:32:21+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-24T14:26:30+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-01-24T18:24:44+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee` - **2025-01-24T20:08:55+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-07T17:37:58+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks - **2025-02-12T16:23:46+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage` - **2025-02-12T20:29:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage` - **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-18T20:20:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-19T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-19T21:39:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-19T22:12:11+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-02-20T20:15:42+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-01T21:50:17+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee` - **2025-03-16T18:57:23+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game - **2025-03-25T21:00:45+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game - **2025-03-26T20:55:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game - **2025-04-09T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-09T00:28:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-10T18:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-10T18:04:31+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-11T12:54:12+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-18T21:00:00+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` - **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-05T14:08:42+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/1bdb4c2c-cb88-41f4-b298-752f000faeaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).