---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify tax classification of shooting ranges"
description: "Modify tax classification of shooting ranges"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "Montana SB 247 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Guns and Weapons", "Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Willis Curdy"]
version_count: 37
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-04T18:33:56+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T22:30:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9c4f148-8984-46ef-8983-476566b908d0"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0137?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "7f2bf2252d2e9fb47c610b3e5540827263d628e87a9e1ef18fa8fbced69f22e5"
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 247 (2025) — Modify tax classification of shooting ranges

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0137.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272989)
2. **SB0247.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293666)
3. **SB0247_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279282)
4. **SB0247_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296240)
5. **SB0247_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296241)
6. **SB0247_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296242)
7. **SB0247_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296243)
8. **SB0247_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277533)
9. **SB0247_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296245)
10. **SB0247_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312381)
11. **SB0247_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312385)
12. **SB0247_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296246)
13. **SB0247_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296249)
14. **SB0247_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296269)
15. **SB0247_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296272)
16. **SB0247_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296289)
17. **SB0247_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296290)
18. **SB0247_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303430)
19. **SB0247_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307142)
20. **SB0247_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296244)
21. **SB0247_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312388)
22. **SB0247_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322641)
23. **SB0247_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322642)
24. **SB0247_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324940)
25. **SB0247_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325622)
26. **SB0247_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327255)
27. **SB0247_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327945)
28. **SB0247_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327946)
29. **SB0247_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312389)
30. **SB0247_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313224)
31. **SB0247_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313226)
32. **SB0247_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313257)
33. **SB0247_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313258)
34. **SB0247_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317122)
35. **SB0247_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320686)
36. **SB0247_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322640)
37. **SB0247_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312386)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- do_pass_as_amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **56–44** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Willis Curdy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-04T18:33:56+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-15T22:07:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-16T15:34:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-21T14:57:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-21T18:30:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-22T22:42:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-24T18:27:19+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-30T23:06:26+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-30T23:14:06+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-31T20:26:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05T17:24:56+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T19:38:22+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-10T16:12:32+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-11T18:46:25+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-12T16:13:34+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-13T20:32:21+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2025-03-19T17:47:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20T18:22:13+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-03-20T22:17:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-26T14:05:53+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-27T23:31:36+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-03-28T17:48:17+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01T20:05:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T21:59:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T23:08:37+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-04-03T17:54:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T19:15:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08T18:57:50+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2025-04-09T17:43:17+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
- **2025-04-09T22:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:13:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T20:51:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T20:51:55+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-18T15:16:36+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`
- **2025-05-09T02:35:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T22:30:28+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/c9c4f148-8984-46ef-8983-476566b908d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).