Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB403: Grant the fish and wildlife commission authority to set muzzleloader season
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to the muzzleloader heritage hunting season; providing the fish and wildlife commission with the authority to set the dates and length of the season; and amending section 87-1-304, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO THE MUZZLELOADER HERITAGE HUNTING SEASON; PROVIDING THE FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION WITH THE AUTHORITY TO SET THE DATES AND LENGTH OF THE 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) 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 areas open to special license holders …
Sponsors
- Galt, Wylie (R, 39) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Bill Withdrawn
- : (S) Hearing Canceled
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
Subjects: Fish, Rule Making
Common questions
- What is SB403?
- SB403 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Grant the fish and wildlife commission authority to set muzzleloader season.
- What does SB403 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to the muzzleloader heritage hunting season; providing the fish and wildlife commission with the authority to set the dates and length of the season; and amending section 87-1-304, mca.".
- What is the status of SB403?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB403?
- Galt, Wylie (R, 39).
- Where is the official record for SB403?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3690
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