Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB216: Allow FW Commission to issue deer and elk hunting licenses to private landowners within the Flathead Indian Reservation
Status: Chaptered, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring the fish and wildlife commission to establish rules to issue deer and elk hunting licenses to private landowners within the boundaries of the flathead indian reservation; providing rulemaking authority; and amending section 87-1-304, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH RULES TO ISSUE DEER AND ELK HUNTING LICENSES TO PRIVATE LANDOWNERS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AND AMENDING SECTION 87-1-304, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 87-1-304, MCA, is amended to read: "87-1-304. Fixing of seasons and bag and possession limits -- rulemaking. (1) Subject to the provisions of 87-5-302 and subsections (7) through (9) (10) of this section, the commission (b) open or close or shorten or lengthen seasons on any species of game, bird, fish, or fur-bearing animal as defined by 87-2-101; (c) declare areas open to the hunting of deer, antelope, elk, moose, sheep, goat, mountain lion, bear, wild buffalo or bison, and wolf by persons holding an archery stamp and the required license, permit, or tag and designate times when only bows and arrows may be used to hunt deer, antelope, elk, moose, sheep, goat, mountain lion, bear, wild buffalo or bison, and wolf in those areas; (d) subject to the provisions of 87-1-301(6), restrict areas and species to hunting with only specified hunting arms, including bow and arrow, for the reasons of safety or of providing diverse hunting opportunities and experiences; and (e) declare …
Sponsors
- Sharp, Tracy (R, 12) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : 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
Subjects: Fish, Rule Making, Federal Government, Indians
Common questions
- What is HB216?
- HB216 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Allow FW Commission to issue deer and elk hunting licenses to private landowners within the Flathead Indian Reservation.
- What does HB216 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring the fish and wildlife commission to establish rules to issue deer and elk hunting licenses to private landowners within the boundaries of the flathead indian reservation; providing rulemaking authority; and amending section 87-1-304, mca.".
- What is the status of HB216?
- Chaptered as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB216?
- Sharp, Tracy (R, 12).
- Where is the official record for HB216?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2221
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