HB817 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise laws related to hunting licenses for terminally ill youth.

What is the status of HB817?

Signed into law as of May 19, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 19, 2025).

Fielder, Paul (R, 14), with 1 co-sponsor.

Where is the official record for HB817?

On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3051

Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session

Montana HB817: Generally revise laws related to hunting licenses for terminally ill youth.

Q: What does HB817 do?

In its own words: An act generally revising hunting licensing laws for persons under 18 years of age; allowing for the issuing of a free special permit license for elk, deer, or antelope to a person under 18 years of age with a life-threatening illness who is recommended to the department of fish, wildlife, and parks by a montana charity or nonprofit organization; setting requirements to obtain a license; setting requirements to use a license; setting license caps; providing rulemaking authority; and amending sections 87-2-105 and 87-2-805, mca.

Status: Signed into law, May 19, 2025

What the bill says

An act generally revising hunting licensing laws for persons under 18 years of age; allowing for the issuing of a free special permit license for elk, deer, or antelope to a person under 18 years of age with a life-threatening illness who is recommended to the department of fish, wildlife, and parks by a montana charity or nonprofit organization; setting requirements to obtain a license; setting requirements to use a license; setting license caps; providing rulemaking authority; and amending sections 87-2-105 and 87-2-805, mca.

From the engrossed text:

AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING HUNTING LICENSING LAWS FOR PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE; ALLOWING FOR THE ISSUING OF A FREE SPECIAL PERMIT LICENSE FOR ELK, DEER, OR ANTELOPE TO A PERSON UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE WITH A LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS WHO IS RECOMMENDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS BY A MONTANA CHARITY OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; SETTING REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN A LICENSE; SETTING REQUIREMENTS TO USE A LICENSE; SETTING LICENSE CAPS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 87-2-105 AND 87-2-805, MCA. Section 1. Section 87-2-105, MCA, is amended to read: "87-2-105. Hunter safety and education required. (1) Except for a youth who qualifies for a license pursuant to 87-2-805(4) or (5) or a person who has been issued an apprentice hunting certificate pursuant to 87-2-810, a hunting license may not be issued to a person born after January 1, 1985, unless the person authorized to issue the license determines proof of completion (b) a hunter safety course in any other state or province; or (c) a Montana hunter safety and education course that qualifies the person for a provisional certificate as provided in 87-2-126. (2) A hunting license may not be issued to a member of the regular armed forces of the United States or to a member of the armed forces of a foreign government attached …

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Montana HB817: Generally revise laws related to hunting licenses for terminally ill youth.

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