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HB133 • 2025

Require hunter reporting of hunting activity

Require hunter reporting of hunting activity

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Curtis Cochran
Last action
2025-02-04
Official status
(H) Bill Withdrawn per House Rule H30-50(3)(b)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill was withdrawn, so it does not have an effective date or further legislative action beyond withdrawal.

Hunter Reporting of Hunting Activity

The bill requires hunters to report their hunting activity for game animals and gives the department authority to make rules about how this reporting should happen.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires hunters who buy a license for hunting game animals to report what they hunted.
  • Says hunters must report before getting a new hunting license for the next year.
  • Gives the department power to create rules on how and when hunters need to report their activity.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Hunters who buy licenses for game animals in Montana.

Terms To Know

Game animal
An animal that can be hunted according to state laws.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill was withdrawn and did not become law.
  • It is unclear how hunters will report their activity or what the penalties might be for not reporting.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-04 HOUSE

    (H) Bill Withdrawn per House Rule H30-50(3)(b)

  2. 2025-01-16 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Printed

  3. 2025-01-15 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Received

  4. 2025-01-15 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Signed

  5. 2025-01-08 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  6. 2025-01-08 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  7. 2025-01-08 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Requested

  8. 2025-01-08 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  9. 2025-01-08 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  10. 2024-12-20 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  11. 2024-12-16 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  12. 2024-12-12 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  13. 2024-12-11 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  14. 2024-12-05 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  15. 2024-12-04 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

  16. 2024-12-04 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  17. 2024-12-03 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  18. 2024-09-27 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Require hunter reporting of hunting activity

Current Bill Text

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69th Legislature 2025 HB 133.1
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 133
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 133
2 INTRODUCED BY C. COCHRAN
3
4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF HUNTING ACTIVITY BY
5 HUNTERS OF GAME ANIMALS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AND PROVIDING A DELAYED
6 EFFECTIVE DATE.”
7
8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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10 NEW SECTION. Section 1. Mandatory reporting of hunting activity -- rulemaking. (1) A person
11 who purchases a hunting license for a game animal as defined in 87-2-101 shall report to the department their
12 hunting activity for each animal.
13 (2) A person shall report their hunting activity for a game animal before they are eligible to
14 purchase a new game animal license during the following license year.
15 (3) The department may make rules to implement this section, including but not limited to reporting
16 systems, deadlines, and penalties.
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18 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an
19 integral part of Title 87, chapter 2, part 1, and the provisions of Title 87, chapter 2, part 1, apply to [section 1].
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21 NEW SECTION. Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective March 1, 2026.
22 - END -