republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/hb-356.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow livestock loss reimbursement for black bear predation"
description: "Allow livestock loss reimbursement for black bear predation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 356"
citation: "Montana HB 356 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish", "Livestock", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Tilleman"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-27T14:09:51+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-16T19:55:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67849b16-e37f-42b8-8c80-f010729d2e36"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0415?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "010357a4df0b805a695b0ab1c2721a5c8217cf1330f6a1dcc0a11b3581d90c02"
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 356 (2025) — Allow livestock loss reimbursement for black bear predation

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0356_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277752)
2. **HB0356_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279423)
3. **HB0356_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281718)
4. **HB0356_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298378)
5. **HB0356_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314127)
6. **HB0356_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314130)
7. **HB0356_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277389)
8. **HB0356_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314132)
9. **HB0356_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323169)
10. **HB0356_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323170)
11. **HB0356_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323171)
12. **HB0356_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325036)
13. **HB0356_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325762)
14. **HB0356_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327316)
15. **HB0356_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314133)
16. **HB0356_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315197)
17. **HB0356_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315198)
18. **HB0356_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315199)
19. **HB0356_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316355)
20. **HB0356_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316356)
21. **HB0356_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317349)
22. **HB0356_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320816)
23. **HB0356_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314131)
24. **LC0415.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266719)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eric Tilleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-27T14:09:51+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-22T22:08:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-23T19:48:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-05T00:29:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-05T15:38:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-09T14:24:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-10T16:11:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-30T14:56:02+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-30T20:19:09+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-30T20:22:11+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-31T18:55:45+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31T19:51:25+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03T21:47:48+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-02-03T21:55:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Agriculture `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T16:21:44+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Agriculture
- **2025-02-06T22:37:38+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07T14:56:20+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-07T16:35:25+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-07T18:33:42+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-07T20:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Agriculture `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11T21:28:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-12T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T21:37:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T22:20:16+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-13T20:16:25+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18T18:35:32+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T19:28:36+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2025-03-25T20:40:39+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2025-03-26T20:56:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T21:22:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T22:00:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T22:01:03+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T20:37:10+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-01T19:00:49+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-02T16:00:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-05T16:05:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12T17:18:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T19:55:42+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/67849b16-e37f-42b8-8c80-f010729d2e36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).