republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/hb-897.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to shed hunting on wildlife management areas"
description: "Generally revise laws related to shed hunting on wildlife management areas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 897"
citation: "Montana HB 897 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Cohenour"]
version_count: 21
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-15T16:12:02+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T22:38:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/056836b5-a155-4be6-bf91-e5ecec4c40d1"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3993?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "3ccf60d89a4181f5b4aa244202a87d1a0a16ebdbe6b61f1cd0f0dff4c47330e0"
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 897 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to shed hunting on wildlife management areas

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0897.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310275)
2. **HB0897.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310273)
3. **HB0897_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300298)
4. **HB0897_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305314)
5. **HB0897_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311414)
6. **HB0897_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315491)
7. **HB0897_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315492)
8. **HB0897_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299735)
9. **HB0897_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315494)
10. **HB0897_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325310)
11. **HB0897_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327862)
12. **HB0897_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317302)
13. **HB0897_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318116)
14. **HB0897_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318117)
15. **HB0897_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318187)
16. **HB0897_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320936)
17. **HB0897_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324393)
18. **HB0897_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325308)
19. **HB0897_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325309)
20. **HB0897_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315493)
21. **LC3993.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298563)

## Votes

- do_pass — **13–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **60–38** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **52–48** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jill Cohenour — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-15T16:12:02+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-15T16:12:02+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-03-19T14:25:23+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-03-25T16:51:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-03-25T17:02:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-03-25T22:58:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-03-26T15:28:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-03-26T15:30:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-03-26T15:50:30+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-03-26T21:15:33+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-03-27T21:15:22+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-03-27T21:18:14+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-03-28T18:11:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28T19:07:35+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-31T16:01:30+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-31T18:51:20+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-04-01T19:42:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-04-01T20:16:36+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-04-02T00:56:52+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T23:39:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04T14:42:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-05T14:49:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-05T15:45:41+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-04-07T17:26:44+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-04-07T19:13:37+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-07T19:43:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T00:45:42+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-04-10T18:31:12+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-04-16T02:25:05+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-04-16T19:22:00+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`
- **2025-04-18T20:13:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:47:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:47:56+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-28T12:12:17+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T17:00:20+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`
- **2025-05-13T19:38:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T22:38:51+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/056836b5-a155-4be6-bf91-e5ecec4c40d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).