---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise law related to damage-based muskrat and beaver harvesting"
description: "Revise law related to damage-based muskrat and beaver harvesting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 95"
citation: "Montana HB 95 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Fielder"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-10-07T17:12:37+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-03T16:02:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35c36819-857e-4d80-b450-b698b9e0429b"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0512?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "819c5c5f6b503c0c61ba066218e5d61aeda8a5f4da172959dbe9f3bfe1ac23b0"
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 95 (2025) — Revise law related to damage-based muskrat and beaver harvesting

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0095_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269231)
2. **HB0095_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274845)
3. **HB0095_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275622)
4. **HB0095_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276657)
5. **HB0095_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281169)
6. **HB0095_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294748)
7. **HB0095_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269230)
8. **HB0095_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294747)
9. **HB0095_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294751)
10. **HB0095_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310714)
11. **HB0095_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316652)
12. **HB0095_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320237)
13. **HB0095_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324105)
14. **HB0095_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325805)
15. **HB0095_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294753)
16. **HB0095_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294791)
17. **HB0095_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294793)
18. **HB0095_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294794)
19. **HB0095_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295362)
20. **HB0095_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304688)
21. **HB0095_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304689)
22. **HB0095_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304690)
23. **HB0095_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294749)
24. **LC0512.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266089)

## Votes

- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **83–15** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **43–5** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **93–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul Fielder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-07T17:12:37+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-20T19:05:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-20T21:37:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-11-25T16:16:32+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-25T17:26:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-26T15:33:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-03T23:13:13+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-16T21:40:35+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-16T21:41:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2024-12-20T22:13:53+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-06T18:23:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T00:40:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-01-09T23:45:22+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-10T20:44:49+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-13T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-13T20:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-14T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-14T21:16:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-14T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-15T20:15:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16T17:30:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30T23:18:19+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-02-12T00:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-02-12T20:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-03-15T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-15T14:44:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:05:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:05:43+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-18T15:14:31+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`
- **2025-04-03T16:02:24+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/35c36819-857e-4d80-b450-b698b9e0429b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).