--- type: "Bill" title: "Allow hunter over 75 years to use general elk license for cow elk" description: "Allow hunter over 75 years to use general elk license for cow elk" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 328" citation: "Montana HB 328 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Fish", "Senior Citizens"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Caleb Hinkle"] version_count: 16 action_count: 40 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-29T14:29:39+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-05T14:26:21+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ea59f11-9515-4eed-879f-22d70ee3f070" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2049?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "df7d34dccdfe954f59411c103c843a6e1d729323a020ce168a807abd7836aab9" 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 328 (2025) — Allow hunter over 75 years to use general elk license for cow elk ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0328_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276708) 2. **HB0328_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277016) 3. **HB0328_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283828) 4. **HB0328_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284152) 5. **HB0328_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284154) 6. **HB0328_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298514) 7. **HB0328_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308288) 8. **HB0328_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308289) 9. **HB0328_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275859) 10. **HB0328_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316824) 11. **HB0328_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320400) 12. **HB0328_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324632) 13. **HB0328_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326472) 14. **HB0328_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327649) 15. **HB0328_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310884) 16. **LC2049.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274445) ## Votes - Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **19–1** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **46–2** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Caleb Hinkle — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-29T14:29:39+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-11-29T14:29:39+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2025-01-23T20:29:38+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2025-01-24T19:59:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-24T20:25:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-25T13:46:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-27T15:01:14+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-27T23:28:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-28T15:57:33+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-28T16:47:04+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-28T20:05:43+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-01-29T18:09:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee` - **2025-01-29T19:52:15+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-03T21:17:16+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks - **2025-02-05T23:38:50+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks - **2025-02-06T23:15:41+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage` - **2025-02-07T00:00:54+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage` - **2025-02-07T20:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage` - **2025-02-14T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-14T20:19:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-18T21:21:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-18T21:50:01+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-02-19T20:33:09+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-01T22:13:33+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee` - **2025-03-01T22:18:52+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee` - **2025-03-16T18:57:22+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game - **2025-03-25T21:03:08+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` - **2025-04-09T00:35:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-10T18:02:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-10T18:03:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-11T13:14:37+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` - **2025-05-05T14:26:21+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/3ea59f11-9515-4eed-879f-22d70ee3f070`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).