Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB176: Require unlimited wolf hunting quota when population is at or above 450 wolves
Status: Failed, May 22, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act requiring allowing requiring an unlimited gray wolf hunting quota when the wolf population is 450 wolves or higher; providing an exception for the area near yellowstone national park; requiring providing requiring that the fish and wildlife commission to may authorize certain hunting and trapping practices when the population is above wolves…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT REQUIRING ALLOWING REQUIRING AN UNLIMITED GRAY WOLF HUNTING QUOTA WHEN THE WOLF POPULATION IS 450 WOLVES OR HIGHER; PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION FOR THE AREA NEAR YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK; REQUIRING PROVIDING REQUIRING THAT THE FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION TO MAY AUTHORIZE CERTAIN HUNTING AND TRAPPING PRACTICES WHEN THE POPULATION IS ABOVE WOLVES; DURING THE UNLIMITED QUOTA THE ISSUANCE OF MULTIPLE WOLF LICENSES TO APPLICANTS, THE HARVEST OF AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF WOLVES BY A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, THE USE OF BAIT FOR WOLF HUNTING OR TRAPPING, AND THE HUNTING OF WOLVES ON PRIVATE LAND OUTSIDE OF DAYLIGHT HOURS WITH THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT OR NIGHT VISION SCOPES; PROVIDING THAT THE FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION EMPLOY CERTAIN HUNTING AND TRAPPING PRACTICES WHEN THE POPULATION IS BETWEEN 450 AND 550 WOLVES; REQUIRING DATA CONSISTENCY IN DETERMINING WOLF POPULATIONS USING INTEGRATED PATCH OCCUPANCY MODELS; AND AMENDING SECTION 87-1-901, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 87-1-901, MCA, is amended to read: "87-1-901. Gray wolf management -- rulemaking -- reporting. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), the commission shall establish by rule hunting and trapping seasons for wolves with the intent to reduce the wolf population in this the state to a sustainable level, but not less than the number of …
Sponsors
- Maness, Shannon (R, 70) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (S) Reconsidered Previous Action
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) 2nd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- : (S) Committee Report
Votes
- ReconsAction -Loge (April 1, 2025): 24 yea, 26 nay, failed
- Do Concur (March 31, 2025): 23 yea, 27 nay, failed
- Do Concur (March 28, 2025): 26 yea, 22 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 4, 2025): 56 yea, 44 nay, passed
- Do Pass As Amended (January 31, 2025): 57 yea, 42 nay, passed
- Cloture-Duram (January 31, 2025): 85 yea, 14 nay, passed
Subjects: Fish
Common questions
- What is HB176?
- HB176 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Require unlimited wolf hunting quota when population is at or above 450 wolves.
- What does HB176 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act requiring allowing requiring an unlimited gray wolf hunting quota when the wolf population is 450 wolves or higher; providing an exception for the area near yellowstone national park; requiring providing requiring that the fish and wildlife commission to may authorize certain hunting and trapping practices when the population is above wolves…
- What is the status of HB176?
- Failed as of May 22, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 22, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB176?
- Maness, Shannon (R, 70).
- Where is the official record for HB176?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2548
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