--- type: "Bill" title: "Allow landowners to designate licenses to persons with disabilities" description: "Allow landowners to designate licenses to persons with disabilities" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 148" citation: "Montana SB 148 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Fish"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Denley Loge"] version_count: 19 action_count: 41 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-27T17:59:48+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-08T22:03:44+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7cfebaf-10f6-488f-a476-44e45e4a81a1" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1994?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "982a7e6dc411a42e2f5f36b2e8f6178c59ec6d4d7e19101a0471af09da8fb7fd" 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 SB 148 (2025) — Allow landowners to designate licenses to persons with disabilities ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC1994.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270586) 2. **SB0148_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271529) 3. **SB0148_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272238) 4. **SB0148_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275321) 5. **SB0148_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276374) 6. **SB0148_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277879) 7. **SB0148_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302557) 8. **SB0148_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309084) 9. **SB0148_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309088) 10. **SB0148_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271528) 11. **SB0148_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316881) 12. **SB0148_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320456) 13. **SB0148_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321753) 14. **SB0148_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321754) 15. **SB0148_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321755) 16. **SB0148_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324727) 17. **SB0148_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326440) 18. **SB0148_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327635) 19. **SB0148_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310944) ## Votes - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **19–1** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Denley Loge — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-27T17:59:48+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-11-27T17:59:48+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2024-12-12T19:21:00+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2024-12-18T16:05:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-08T22:00:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-10T14:51:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-10T17:23:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-11T14:37:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-14T16:02:58+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-14T19:05:33+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-14T21:39:12+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-01-15T20:20:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-16T00:47:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee` - **2025-01-16T22:28:19+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game - **2025-01-16T23:58:24+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-01-21T23:58:35+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-01-22T17:44:55+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned - **2025-01-22T22:03:27+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-01-24T18:54:30+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage` - **2025-01-24T21:39:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage` - **2025-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-01-30T22:58:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-01-31T20:56:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-01-31T21:23:50+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-02-03T17:32:52+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee` - **2025-02-03T20:13:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-24T22:18:35+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks - **2025-04-02T01:15:07+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks - **2025-04-02T23:40:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-10T22:03:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:45:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:45:47+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-12T17:37:47+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-25T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-25T22:43:07+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-05T18:27:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-08T22:03:44+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/d7cfebaf-10f6-488f-a476-44e45e4a81a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).