republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/hb-259.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise fish and wildlife commission techniques for gray wolf management"
description: "Revise fish and wildlife commission techniques for gray wolf management"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 259"
citation: "Montana HB 259 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Fielder"]
version_count: 31
action_count: 46
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-12-13T15:07:36+00:00"
last_action: "2025-09-29T16:29:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab9118bf-c444-44a8-a74a-8fc2cf7ecb4b"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3034?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "400efad690260b5115898147b3f2545f17b2706bce7b8d46e5a21c97cb16052a"
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 259 (2025) — Revise fish and wildlife commission techniques for gray wolf management

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0259.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279975)
2. **HB0259.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278640)
3. **HB0259.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286372)
4. **HB0259.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297801)
5. **HB0259.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297803)
6. **HB0259_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272740)
7. **HB0259_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299926)
8. **HB0259_1(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299942)
9. **HB0259_1(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299955)
10. **HB0259_1(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299956)
11. **HB0259_1(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299957)
12. **HB0259_1(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299958)
13. **HB0259_1(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318058)
14. **HB0259_1(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318059)
15. **HB0259_1(18).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318060)
16. **HB0259_1(19).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318061)
17. **HB0259_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275365)
18. **HB0259_1(20).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318062)
19. **HB0259_1(21).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318063)
20. **HB0259_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276414)
21. **HB0259_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287672)
22. **HB0259_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298375)
23. **HB0259_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299147)
24. **HB0259_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299148)
25. **HB0259_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299149)
26. **HB0259_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299150)
27. **HB0259_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272483)
28. **HB0259_2.2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327944)
29. **HB0259_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318066)
30. **HB0259_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=328090)
31. **LC3034.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269420)

## Votes

- AMD-HB0259.001.002 Seckinger DO PASS — **43–57** (fail) · lower
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **55–45** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **56–43** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **56–44** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Fielder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-13T15:07:36+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-20T16:47:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-20T21:32:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-24T18:39:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-26T22:36:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-27T14:24:02+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-27T15:31:35+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-16T21:48:47+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-17T21:47:41+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-20T17:19:53+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20T20:18:39+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28T00:50:25+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-02-06T23:12:02+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07T00:00:45+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07T20:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-24T20:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24T20:39:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25T21:05:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-25T21:21:43+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-26T20:24:10+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-03T21:26:57+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-15T16:32:59+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-03-25T20:49:59+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-03-26T21:02:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T21:00:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T21:18:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T22:12:20+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-11T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T21:23:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T00:14:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:30:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-14T19:39:51+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T23:30:28+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T20:15:22+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:32:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T16:29:49+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2025-08-26T19:39:51+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-09-03T16:05:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-09-22T16:05:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-09-23T16:04:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-09-29T15:49:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-29T16:29:49+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/ab9118bf-c444-44a8-a74a-8fc2cf7ecb4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).