# Montana HB 145: Revise fee for nonresident base hunting license Montana HB 145, Revise fee for nonresident base hunting license, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Gary Parry (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB145-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 145 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revise fee for nonresident base hunting license - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-08 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Gary Parry (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Fish, Revenue, State - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 9 (674 yes, 19 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Higher base hunting fee for nonresidents: cost, low. To apply for any Montana hunting license, you must first buy a base hunting license each license year. This includes the Class A-2 bow and arrow license. For nonresidents, the base license now costs $100, up from $15. Of that, $90 is a hunting access fee the department uses for programs under 87-1-… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Gary Parry (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Vince Ricci (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-25 | House | Do Concur | pass | 100 | 0 | | | 2025-04-25 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 46 | 3 | | | 2025-04-24 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 46 | 2 | | | 2025-04-24 | House | Do Concur | pass | 96 | 4 | | | 2025-04-15 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 44 | 5 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 46 | 3 | | | 2025-02-24 | House | Do Pass | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-02-22 | House | Do Pass | pass | 97 | 2 | | | 2025-02-12 | House | Do Pass | pass | 100 | 0 | | ## Actions (56) - 2025-05-19: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-07: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-05-01: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-28: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-25: 3rd Reading Governor's Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-25: 3rd Reading Governor's Amendments (House) - 2025-04-24: 2nd Reading Governor's Amendments (House) - 2025-04-24: 2nd Reading Governor's Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Returned with Governor's Amendments (House) - 2025-04-22: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-04-22: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-18: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-16: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-15: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-15: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Rereferred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-10: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-25: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-02-24: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-02-22: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-02-22: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-02-21: Revised Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-02-21: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-02-19: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-17: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-12: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-12: Rereferred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-12: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-02-11: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-02-10: Revised Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-02-10: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-02-07: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-07: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-02-06: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-06: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-29: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-01-28: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-01-27: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-01-23: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-01-22: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-09: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-01-09: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-01-08: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - As Amended (Version 5), 2025-04-30: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=848be0ce-c9fe-4a26-a453-59586e5ffa6b) - Enrolled, 2025-04-16: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c62addc7-5c9e-4df0-b2c4-67459ceda29b) - As Amended (Version 3), 2025-02-18: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ff488f58-dd1d-491c-a027-61d8b1bf1606) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-02-07: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9bf4af52-f52c-4fb2-a712-6a6c3ce49bb3) - Introduced, 2025-01-08: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=74ec3ccf-b346-43cf-b9a5-2ce3106574d0) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) ## Sources - [As Amended (Version 5) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=848be0ce-c9fe-4a26-a453-59586e5ffa6b) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c62addc7-5c9e-4df0-b2c4-67459ceda29b) - [As Amended (Version 3) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ff488f58-dd1d-491c-a027-61d8b1bf1606) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9bf4af52-f52c-4fb2-a712-6a6c3ce49bb3) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=74ec3ccf-b346-43cf-b9a5-2ce3106574d0) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB145-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).