Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB258: Requiring the extension of wolf hunting season
Status: Failed, May 22, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act setting wolf harvest quotas and bag limits ; requiring the fish and wildlife commission to authorize a wolf hunting season; extending the wolf hunting season to align with the spring bear hunting season; and amending section 87-1-304, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT SETTING WOLF HARVEST QUOTAS AND BAG LIMITS ; REQUIRING THE FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION TO AUTHORIZE A WOLF HUNTING SEASON; EXTENDING THE WOLF HUNTING SEASON TO ALIGN WITH THE SPRING BEAR HUNTING SEASON; 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. (1) Subject to the provisions of 87-5302 and subsections (7) through (9) (10) (11) (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
- Fielder, Paul (R, 14) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) 3rd Reading Senate Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 44 yea, 54 nay, failed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 90 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 31, 2025): 31 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 28, 2025): 31 yea, 17 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 26, 2025): 57 yea, 43 nay, passed
- Do Pass As Amended (February 24, 2025): 56 yea, 42 nay, passed
Subjects: Fish
Common questions
- What is HB258?
- HB258 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Requiring the extension of wolf hunting season.
- What does HB258 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act setting wolf harvest quotas and bag limits ; requiring the fish and wildlife commission to authorize a wolf hunting season; extending the wolf hunting season to align with the spring bear hunting season; and amending section 87-1-304, mca.".
- What is the status of HB258?
- Failed as of May 22, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 22, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB258?
- Fielder, Paul (R, 14).
- Where is the official record for HB258?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3035
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