Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB353: Revise shed hunting requirements
Status: Chaptered, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act granting the department of fish, wildlife, and parks authority to manage the collecting of naturally shed antlers and horns of elk, deer, and antelope and the antlers or horns of a game animal, except for mountain sheep, with a skull or a portion of a skull attached within the state; providing rulemaking authority; implementing a waiting period for nonresidents; establishing resident and nonresident collecting licenses; revising criminal acts related to possessing sheds; defining "sheds"…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT GRANTING THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS AUTHORITY TO MANAGE THE COLLECTING OF NATURALLY SHED ANTLERS AND HORNS OF ELK, DEER, AND ANTELOPE AND THE ANTLERS OR HORNS OF A GAME ANIMAL, EXCEPT FOR MOUNTAIN SHEEP, WITH A SKULL OR A PORTION OF A SKULL ATTACHED WITHIN THE STATE; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; IMPLEMENTING A WAITING PERIOD FOR NONRESIDENTS; ESTABLISHING RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT COLLECTING LICENSES; REVISING CRIMINAL ACTS RELATED TO POSSESSING SHEDS; DEFINING "SHEDS"; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 87-1-201, 87-1304, 87-2-101, 87-2-106, 87-2-201, 87-2-202, 87-6-202, AND 87-6-206, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Class F-1--resident shed collecting license. (1) A resident as defined in 87-2-102, on payment of a $10 fee, is entitled to receive a Class F-1 license that, except as provided in subsection (2), authorizes the holder of the license to collect and possess naturally shed antlers and horns of elk, deer, and antelope and the antlers or horns of a game animal, except for mountain sheep as provided in 87-3-315, with a skull or a portion of a skull attached that has died from natural causes and that has not been unlawfully killed, captured, or taken or accidentally killed as prescribed by rules of the department. (2) A license is …
Sponsors
- Cohenour, Jill (D, 83) · 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
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading Concurred
Subjects: Fish, Rule Making, Revenue, State
Common questions
- What is HB353?
- HB353 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise shed hunting requirements.
- What does HB353 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act granting the department of fish, wildlife, and parks authority to manage the collecting of naturally shed antlers and horns of elk, deer, and antelope and the antlers or horns of a game animal, except for mountain sheep, with a skull or a portion of a skull attached within the state; providing rulemaking authority; implementing a waiting period for nonresidents; establishing resident and nonresident collecting licenses; revising criminal acts related to possessing sheds; defining "sheds"…
- What is the status of HB353?
- Chaptered as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB353?
- Cohenour, Jill (D, 83).
- Where is the official record for HB353?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3977
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