---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise county predator control laws to include goats"
description: "Revise county predator control laws to include goats"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 767"
citation: "Montana HB 767 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Livestock", "Local Government", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Darling"]
version_count: 33
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-06T13:12:40+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T19:19:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a1bd45c-b676-46cb-9132-2a7febc119ee"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4272?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "266095caff231ce59a6153cb6a198b4f35551b343146cdbe43a487fee6de9873"
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 767 (2025) — Revise county predator control laws to include goats

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0767.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301976)
2. **HB0767.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301977)
3. **HB0767_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288452)
4. **HB0767_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293943)
5. **HB0767_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294018)
6. **HB0767_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302502)
7. **HB0767_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303160)
8. **HB0767_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303161)
9. **HB0767_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303162)
10. **HB0767_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303163)
11. **HB0767_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287419)
12. **HB0767_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303167)
13. **HB0767_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303173)
14. **HB0767_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303178)
15. **HB0767_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303187)
16. **HB0767_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306062)
17. **HB0767_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313830)
18. **HB0767_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313831)
19. **HB0767_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303164)
20. **HB0767_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313833)
21. **HB0767_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322531)
22. **HB0767_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324905)
23. **HB0767_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327123)
24. **HB0767_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313915)
25. **HB0767_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313916)
26. **HB0767_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315292)
27. **HB0767_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315293)
28. **HB0767_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317281)
29. **HB0767_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320791)
30. **HB0767_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322529)
31. **HB0767_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322530)
32. **HB0767_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313832)
33. **LC4272.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285925)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **44–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Darling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06T13:12:40+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-13T16:40:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-13T20:57:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-22T00:16:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-24T03:55:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-24T13:56:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-25T15:06:45+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-25T20:09:19+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-25T20:25:22+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-26T17:21:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T20:05:50+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-27T21:58:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Agriculture `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-01T01:43:26+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Agriculture
- **2025-03-03T13:42:41+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-03T18:12:17+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-04T15:11:02+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-04T22:34:03+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T03:18:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T16:08:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T17:15:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:45:58+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19T19:04:01+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T23:41:30+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2025-04-01T22:56:51+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2025-04-02T19:37:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2025-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-05T16:55:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T21:51:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T23:51:31+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T20:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T17:08:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T19:17:54+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T20:40:27+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T15:00:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01T20:30:56+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:48:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-08T17:11:09+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T19:19:02+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/1a1bd45c-b676-46cb-9132-2a7febc119ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).