---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise agriculture laws related to beehives"
description: "Revise agriculture laws related to beehives"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 624"
citation: "Montana HB 624 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Tilleman"]
version_count: 38
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-12-08T20:28:24+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T17:47:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fc08bbe-b81f-40d0-9a13-cbadca801c82"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2413?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "7862552d06bd01410bddea664cdf495464d23fc5f2c0aa1d5ce7ef9061546ab4"
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 624 (2025) — Revise agriculture laws related to beehives

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0624.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295775)
2. **HB0624.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295774)
3. **HB0624_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285593)
4. **HB0624_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293861)
5. **HB0624_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294049)
6. **HB0624_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302501)
7. **HB0624_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303191)
8. **HB0624_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303192)
9. **HB0624_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303193)
10. **HB0624_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303194)
11. **HB0624_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285357)
12. **HB0624_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303196)
13. **HB0624_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303197)
14. **HB0624_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303205)
15. **HB0624_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303213)
16. **HB0624_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303240)
17. **HB0624_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306058)
18. **HB0624_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314060)
19. **HB0624_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314061)
20. **HB0624_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303195)
21. **HB0624_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314063)
22. **HB0624_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320927)
23. **HB0624_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324384)
24. **HB0624_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325114)
25. **HB0624_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325115)
26. **HB0624_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325116)
27. **HB0624_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326594)
28. **HB0624_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327034)
29. **HB0624_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316503)
30. **HB0624_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317391)
31. **HB0624_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318135)
32. **HB0624_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318136)
33. **HB0624_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318137)
34. **HB0624_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318138)
35. **HB0624_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318139)
36. **HB0624_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318140)
37. **HB0624_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314062)
38. **LC2413.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283424)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eric Tilleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-08T20:28:24+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-08T20:28:24+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-12-09T18:22:54+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-14T18:21:52+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-14T18:22:30+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-14T22:19:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-14T22:19:25+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-14T22:26:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-17T22:39:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-18T15:47:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-18T19:38:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-18T23:57:02+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-21T14:43:50+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-21T18:35:21+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T19:54:07+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-25T16:21:36+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Agriculture
- **2025-02-27T23:25:48+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-28T20:46:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T18:07:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T16:33:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14T23:39:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T23:41:29+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2025-04-01T22:55:14+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2025-04-02T19:37:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2025-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-05T16:26:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T21:49:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T23:51:25+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17T21:52:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-17T22:30:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-28T14:13:17+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-04-28T14:15:16+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T17:00:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06T20:00:43+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T19:10:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T17:47:45+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/2fc08bbe-b81f-40d0-9a13-cbadca801c82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).