--- type: "Bill" title: "Create auction or lottery licenses for antelope and swans" description: "Create auction or lottery licenses for antelope and swans" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 330" citation: "Montana HB 330 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Fish", "Rule Making"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jedediah Hinkle"] version_count: 15 action_count: 46 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-12T02:07:59+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-05T14:28:54+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f4544b8-fd33-4095-acff-df22a7a8d4d6" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1302?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "99fe3d87401ae29a292f2ec6e8f924fb044a940ff88969b19af564410d2909fb" 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 330 (2025) — Create auction or lottery licenses for antelope and swans ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0330_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276734) 2. **HB0330_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277021) 3. **HB0330_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283829) 4. **HB0330_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284153) 5. **HB0330_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284155) 6. **HB0330_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302517) 7. **HB0330_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308290) 8. **HB0330_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308292) 9. **HB0330_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276002) 10. **HB0330_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316825) 11. **HB0330_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320401) 12. **HB0330_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324633) 13. **HB0330_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326142) 14. **HB0330_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310885) 15. **LC1302.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273446) ## Votes - Do Concur — **44–6** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **91–8** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **92–7** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **39–9** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Jedediah Hinkle — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-12T02:07:59+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-11-12T02:08:00+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2024-12-02T14:23:25+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2024-12-02T14:24:32+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2025-01-15T17:59:19+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2025-01-21T18:47:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-21T18:53:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-22T14:40:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-22T19:38:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-23T00:47:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-24T15:53:23+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-28T16:15:31+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-28T22:00:15+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-01-28T22:04:47+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-01-29T18:09:10+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee` - **2025-01-29T19:52:15+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-03T15:45:05+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-02-04T20:07:52+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-02-05T16:52:29+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-02-05T23:38:49+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks - **2025-02-06T23:17:07+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage` - **2025-02-07T00:00:56+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage` - **2025-02-07T20:18:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage` - **2025-02-14T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-14T20:22:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-18T21:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-18T21:50:02+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-02-19T20:33:20+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-01T22:19:38+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee` - **2025-03-12T14:44:47+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game - **2025-03-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Fish and Game - **2025-03-18T19:19:53+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game - **2025-04-01T23:14:10+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game - **2025-04-02T19:40:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game - **2025-04-09T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-09T00:38:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-10T18:02:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-10T18:02:21+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-11T13:17:30+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-18T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-22T13:30:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-05T14:28:54+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/2f4544b8-fd33-4095-acff-df22a7a8d4d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).