Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB354: Revise penalties for criminal trespass while fishing, trapping, hunting, or collecting antlers/sheds/horns
Status: Signed into law, May 8, 2025
What the bill says
An act requiring the revocation of hunting, fishing, and trapping privileges for acts of criminal trespass committed while hunting, fishing, trapping, or collecting or attempting to collect antlers, antler sheds, or animal horns; amending section 45-6-203, mca; and providing an applicability date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REQUIRING THE REVOCATION OF HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING PRIVILEGES FOR ACTS OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS COMMITTED WHILE HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, OR COLLECTING OR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT ANTLERS, ANTLER SHEDS, OR ANIMAL HORNS; AMENDING SECTION 45-6-203, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN APPLICABILITY DATE. Section 1. Section 45-6-203, MCA, is amended to read: "45-6-203. Criminal trespass to property. (1) Except as provided in 15-7-139, 70-16-111, 76-13116, and subsection (4) of this section, a person commits the offense of criminal trespass to property if the person or (b) enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of another. (2) A person convicted of the offense of criminal trespass to property shall be fined not to exceed $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for any term not to exceed 6 months, or both. (3) A person convicted of or who forfeits bond or bail for committing an act of criminal trespass involving property owned or administered by the department of fish, wildlife, and parks or while hunting, fishing, or trapping may must be subject to revocation of the person's privilege to hunt, fish, or trap in this state for up to 24 months from the date of conviction or forfeiture if the trespass occurs or (b) any property, regardless of ownership, if the person is hunting, fishing, trapping, or collecting or …
Sponsors
- Cohenour, Jill (D, 83) · primary sponsor
- Smith, Laura (D, 40)
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
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 46 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 43 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 28, 2025): 67 yea, 31 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 27, 2025): 63 yea, 36 nay, passed
Subjects: Crimes, Fish
Common questions
- What is HB354?
- HB354 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise penalties for criminal trespass while fishing, trapping, hunting, or collecting antlers/sheds/horns.
- What does HB354 do?
- In its own words: An act requiring the revocation of hunting, fishing, and trapping privileges for acts of criminal trespass committed while hunting, fishing, trapping, or collecting or attempting to collect antlers, antler sheds, or animal horns; amending section 45-6-203, mca; and providing an applicability date.
- What is the status of HB354?
- Signed into law as of May 8, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 8, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB354?
- Cohenour, Jill (D, 83), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB354?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3968
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