# Montana HB 763: Generally revise laws related to the block management program. Montana HB 763, Generally revise laws related to the block management program., is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Joshua Seckinger (Democrat); status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB763-2025 - 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 763 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Generally revise laws related to the block management program. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-25 - Last action: 2025-05-13, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Joshua Seckinger (Democrat) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: State Lands, Rule Making - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (472 yes, 23 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Liability protection for landowners who join: benefit, medium. If you participate in a hunting access program, you get the liability limits in 70-16-302(1). This reduces your legal risk if someone is injured while hunting on your land. The protection applies to participating landowners, agents, and tenants. - New voluntary hunting access programs: benefit, low. The department can create new voluntary programs to open private and public lands for hunting. Landowners and hunters can join these programs through cooperative agreements. This section does not set start dates or funding levels. - Some lands barred from access programs: cost, high. Private land is ineligible if outfitting, commercial hunting, or charged access fees unreasonably restrict public hunting. The department decides eligibility. Losing eligibility stops program payments and services. - Hunting access payments and help, with caps: mixed, high. The law provides payments and in‑kind help to landowners who allow public hunting. Help can include weed control, fire protection, insurance offsets, and building or maintaining roads, gates, parking, and signs. Payments are capped at $50,000 a year per landowner, or $25,000 a year if the agreement… - Written access agreements and notice rules: mixed, low. If you allow public hunting on or across your private land, you must sign a cooperative agreement with the department. The agreement lists rules, access management, services, and any limits, and it is public. If the agreement only provides access to adjacent public land, the department must notify… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joshua Seckinger (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Jonathan Karlen (Democrat), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-18 | House | Do Concur | pass | 97 | 1 | | | 2025-04-17 | House | Do Concur | pass | 99 | 1 | | | 2025-04-12 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 48 | 2 | | | 2025-04-11 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 48 | 1 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | Do Pass | pass | 92 | 7 | | | 2025-03-06 | House | Do Pass | pass | 88 | 11 | | ## Actions (30) - 2025-05-13: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-08: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-01: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-01: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-21: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-18: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-18: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-17: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-12: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-12: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-11: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-25: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-03-14: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-03-06: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-03-03: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-03: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-03-03: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-03-03: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-02-27: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-26: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-26: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-02-26: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-25: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-02-25: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-21: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=0bf7fd95-24c4-4005-95d0-65fbae45d1e1) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-04-08: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=895fbad0-e26e-47a5-8461-5bbd2f426e1f) - Introduced, 2025-02-25: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=49752051-5b12-4dc8-a522-d92339e8ea30) ## 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 - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=0bf7fd95-24c4-4005-95d0-65fbae45d1e1) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=895fbad0-e26e-47a5-8461-5bbd2f426e1f) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=49752051-5b12-4dc8-a522-d92339e8ea30) ## 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-HB763-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).