---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to hunting licenses for terminally ill youth."
description: "Generally revise laws related to hunting licenses for terminally ill youth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 817"
citation: "Montana HB 817 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Fielder"]
version_count: 31
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-17T17:29:27+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T21:04:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10a2de7c-3b98-4b20-a139-e180c7168adf"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3051?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "7356025cfb8256c74c14cffbf3e15cba27a9ed9ff665369db15fc8d203d2f28d"
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 817 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to hunting licenses for terminally ill youth.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0817.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306208)
2. **HB0817_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289279)
3. **HB0817_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317540)
4. **HB0817_1(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317542)
5. **HB0817_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293964)
6. **HB0817_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293987)
7. **HB0817_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306779)
8. **HB0817_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315461)
9. **HB0817_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315462)
10. **HB0817_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315467)
11. **HB0817_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315468)
12. **HB0817_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315469)
13. **HB0817_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288703)
14. **HB0817_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315464)
15. **HB0817_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318103)
16. **HB0817_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320917)
17. **HB0817_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324374)
18. **HB0817_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325250)
19. **HB0817_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325251)
20. **HB0817_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325252)
21. **HB0817_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327860)
22. **HB0817_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315465)
23. **HB0817_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315466)
24. **HB0817_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317544)
25. **HB0817_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317546)
26. **HB0817_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317548)
27. **HB0817_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317551)
28. **HB0817_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317553)
29. **HB0817_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318102)
30. **HB0817_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315463)
31. **LC3051.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286077)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul Fielder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-17T17:29:27+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-17T20:45:37+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-12-23T20:03:46+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-17T23:06:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-18T13:33:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-22T17:20:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-22T20:28:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-22T20:33:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-23T19:20:45+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-26T15:28:13+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-26T22:32:36+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-27T17:19:45+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T20:04:46+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T02:10:57+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-03-01T00:30:34+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-03-01T15:20:50+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T21:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T22:04:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:26:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T01:13:13+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19T19:16:52+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25T16:51:04+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-04-08T21:04:24+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-04-09T00:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T19:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:39:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:39:39+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-27T23:09:40+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T17:30:49+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06T20:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T19:29:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T21:04:22+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/10a2de7c-3b98-4b20-a139-e180c7168adf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).