Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB133: Require hunter reporting of hunting activity
Status: Chaptered, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring the reporting of hunting activity by hunters of game animals; providing rulemaking authority; and providing a delayed effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF HUNTING ACTIVITY BY HUNTERS OF GAME ANIMALS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AND PROVIDING A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Mandatory reporting of hunting activity -- rulemaking. (1) A person who purchases a hunting license for a game animal as defined in 87-2-101 shall report to the department their hunting activity for each animal. (2) A person shall report their hunting activity for a game animal before they are eligible to purchase a new game animal license during the following license year. (3) The department may make rules to implement this section, including but not limited to reporting systems, deadlines, and penalties. NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 87, chapter 2, part 1, and the provisions of Title 87, chapter 2, part 1, apply to [section 1]. NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective March 1, 2026. - END - - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB
Sponsors
- Cochran, Curtis (R, 90) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading Concurred
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading Concurred
Subjects: Fish, Rule Making
Common questions
- What is HB133?
- HB133 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Require hunter reporting of hunting activity.
- What does HB133 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring the reporting of hunting activity by hunters of game animals; providing rulemaking authority; and providing a delayed effective date.".
- What is the status of HB133?
- Chaptered as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 14, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB133?
- Cochran, Curtis (R, 90).
- Where is the official record for HB133?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0414
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