---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow hunters to donate funds for archery equipment for disabled bowhunters"
description: "Allow hunters to donate funds for archery equipment for disabled bowhunters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 238"
citation: "Montana SB 238 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "State Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet Ellis"]
version_count: 26
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-10-30T16:43:17+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T22:28:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14865a93-8d87-430b-b0da-68ae92c3db46"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0634?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "e7152fcca8d1e27ada9a5fa58baa39d6e0d5d4711da6776ea7c8fd1aee44966e"
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 238 (2025) — Allow hunters to donate funds for archery equipment for disabled bowhunters

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0634.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269307)
2. **SB0238_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282577)
3. **SB0238_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286472)
4. **SB0238_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286553)
5. **SB0238_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286554)
6. **SB0238_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304922)
7. **SB0238_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306811)
8. **SB0238_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312395)
9. **SB0238_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312401)
10. **SB0238_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277116)
11. **SB0238_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312405)
12. **SB0238_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322637)
13. **SB0238_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322638)
14. **SB0238_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322639)
15. **SB0238_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324939)
16. **SB0238_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325905)
17. **SB0238_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327385)
18. **SB0238_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312406)
19. **SB0238_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312409)
20. **SB0238_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313290)
21. **SB0238_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313291)
22. **SB0238_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313300)
23. **SB0238_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313301)
24. **SB0238_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317124)
25. **SB0238_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320688)
26. **SB0238_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312402)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **79–21** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **38–11** (pass) · upper
- to_table — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **71–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janet Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-30T16:43:17+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-11T20:25:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-11T22:43:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-18T14:53:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-18T17:05:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-19T14:40:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-20T19:36:09+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-29T16:01:14+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-29T21:52:30+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-30T21:41:13+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13T19:34:35+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-13T19:56:21+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-02-21T21:26:40+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-22T01:31:32+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-24T16:30:08+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-18T21:03:52+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Fish and Game `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-04-01T21:42:38+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T19:17:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04T00:20:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04T19:32:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-04T21:09:27+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-04-07T15:46:24+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T19:39:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-07T22:21:36+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-04-08T22:07:43+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-04-09T20:09:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:31:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T20:56:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T20:56:28+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-18T16:10:05+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T13:00:31+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-29T22:15:14+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30T16:55:55+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09T02:34:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T22:28:41+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/14865a93-8d87-430b-b0da-68ae92c3db46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).