republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/hb-98.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising laws related to possession and validation of licenses, permits, or tags"
description: "Revising laws related to possession and validation of licenses, permits, or tags"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 98"
citation: "Montana HB 98 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Parry"]
version_count: 27
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-10-09T20:09:35+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-03T16:13:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99b0cb84-b0da-46b8-aa64-68f35812f548"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0513?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "a01f9f2220951071a8d10d9454b9bfc3277944ad8796b8f46efe5ce27c96adfe"
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 98 (2025) — Revising laws related to possession and validation of licenses, permits, or tags

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0098_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269240)
2. **HB0098_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272235)
3. **HB0098_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272247)
4. **HB0098_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272248)
5. **HB0098_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275325)
6. **HB0098_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276377)
7. **HB0098_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277540)
8. **HB0098_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294774)
9. **HB0098_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294777)
10. **HB0098_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269239)
11. **HB0098_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294779)
12. **HB0098_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310717)
13. **HB0098_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316655)
14. **HB0098_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320240)
15. **HB0098_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324108)
16. **HB0098_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325806)
17. **HB0098_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327336)
18. **HB0098_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294781)
19. **HB0098_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294845)
20. **HB0098_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294847)
21. **HB0098_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294848)
22. **HB0098_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295365)
23. **HB0098_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304701)
24. **HB0098_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304702)
25. **HB0098_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304703)
26. **HB0098_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294778)
27. **LC0513.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265668)

## Votes

- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gary Parry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-09T20:09:35+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-15T15:14:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-15T17:29:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-11-18T14:20:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-18T19:05:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-19T13:51:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-10T19:13:38+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-16T21:49:55+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-16T21:50:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2024-12-20T22:14:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-06T18:25:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T00:41:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-01-09T23:45:23+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-10T20:44:49+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-15T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-15T20:56:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-16T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-16T21:48:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-16T22:29:03+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-17T20:30:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-17T21:03:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-18T20:59:28+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-01-30T22:36:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-01-31T20:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-03-15T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-15T14:49:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:07:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:07:26+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-18T16:33:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-21T23:00:36+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-24T23:00:15+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-25T15:11:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-03T16:13:07+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/99b0cb84-b0da-46b8-aa64-68f35812f548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).