republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/hb-219.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise hunting laws related to unlawful contest or prize"
description: "Generally revise hunting laws related to unlawful contest or prize"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 219"
citation: "Montana HB 219 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lukas Schubert"]
version_count: 22
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-12-13T15:31:35+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T19:15:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2ac563a-8de2-4683-bbea-11860aa45e59"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3065?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "fe58fab55efcd63574b1b858cdcd216f5c83fbf1ee43fe053b994aed637f4ca4"
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 219 (2025) — Generally revise hunting laws related to unlawful contest or prize

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0219.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279974)
2. **HB0219.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277538)
3. **HB0219.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279977)
4. **HB0219.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278552)
5. **HB0219_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272161)
6. **HB0219_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275292)
7. **HB0219_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276348)
8. **HB0219_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279336)
9. **HB0219_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296198)
10. **HB0219_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300140)
11. **HB0219_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271818)
12. **HB0219_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300139)
13. **HB0219_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316568)
14. **HB0219_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320169)
15. **HB0219_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321225)
16. **HB0219_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321226)
17. **HB0219_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321227)
18. **HB0219_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324547)
19. **HB0219_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326733)
20. **HB0219_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327754)
21. **HB0219_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310610)
22. **LC3065.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269695)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **57–43** (pass) · lower
- AMD-HB0219.001.002 Cohenour DO PASS — **46–54** (fail) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **57–43** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **8–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lukas Schubert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-13T15:31:35+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-13T15:31:36+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-12-23T20:04:14+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2024-12-30T21:38:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-31T18:18:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-31T21:58:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-02T19:26:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-04T18:30:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-08T17:54:12+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-09T00:17:43+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-09T19:39:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-10T20:42:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-10T21:26:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-11T23:05:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-12T13:53:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-14T14:54:14+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-14T16:24:04+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-15T21:16:44+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-16T18:37:39+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16T20:07:16+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-23T20:55:50+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-01-31T00:36:58+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31T00:45:46+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31T20:27:07+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04T20:33:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2025-02-04T20:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-05T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T21:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T22:02:51+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-06T20:33:12+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-17T18:58:07+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T16:02:03+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-03-20T21:35:21+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-03-21T20:32:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26T19:56:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27T21:07:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-27T21:08:13+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T18:58:20+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-07T18:00:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-09T17:30:28+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-09T19:50:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17T20:01:06+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18T19:15:47+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/b2ac563a-8de2-4683-bbea-11860aa45e59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).