---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to shooting preserve requirements"
description: "Revise laws related to shooting preserve requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 106"
citation: "Montana HB 106 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish", "Property", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Albus"]
version_count: 41
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-10-09T20:09:36+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T14:32:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d16d4930-cb3f-450f-bdad-9c2240dfe03b"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0516?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "a3bcc0cc4165fe1e5ce208f1f3972859fdef560941adc4cdf1ddcf1740842871"
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 106 (2025) — Revise laws related to shooting preserve requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0106.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283420)
2. **HB0106_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269317)
3. **HB0106_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284593)
4. **HB0106_1(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284594)
5. **HB0106_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275128)
6. **HB0106_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276197)
7. **HB0106_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277142)
8. **HB0106_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277219)
9. **HB0106_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277220)
10. **HB0106_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283960)
11. **HB0106_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284591)
12. **HB0106_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284592)
13. **HB0106_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269316)
14. **HB0106_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284597)
15. **HB0106_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284598)
16. **HB0106_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284599)
17. **HB0106_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284608)
18. **HB0106_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284609)
19. **HB0106_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284611)
20. **HB0106_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295046)
21. **HB0106_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297726)
22. **HB0106_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284595)
23. **HB0106_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297725)
24. **HB0106_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297728)
25. **HB0106_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307761)
26. **HB0106_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307762)
27. **HB0106_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310813)
28. **HB0106_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316756)
29. **HB0106_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320335)
30. **HB0106_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324188)
31. **HB0106_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325809)
32. **HB0106_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297878)
33. **HB0106_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297879)
34. **HB0106_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298109)
35. **HB0106_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298127)
36. **HB0106_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298159)
37. **HB0106_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298165)
38. **HB0106_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298166)
39. **HB0106_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307760)
40. **HB0106_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297727)
41. **LC0516.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266088)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eric Albus — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-09T20:09:36+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-19T20:14:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-19T21:53:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-11-25T14:51:14+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-25T17:25:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-26T15:32:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-03T23:12:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-18T16:42:35+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-18T16:43:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2024-12-20T22:14:20+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-06T18:31:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-10T00:27:43+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-01-16T23:25:32+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-17T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28T20:44:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-29T21:42:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T22:18:56+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-30T21:47:43+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04T17:45:09+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T00:38:53+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-02-18T23:38:28+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-02-19T23:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17T19:45:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T20:29:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T21:07:25+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21T19:33:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-24T19:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-24T19:49:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24T20:27:42+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-25T13:59:19+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T22:45:23+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-31T17:30:49+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-31T19:55:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07T14:32:58+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/d16d4930-cb3f-450f-bdad-9c2240dfe03b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).