# Montana SB 148: Allow landowners to designate licenses to persons with disabilities

Montana SB 148, Allow landowners to designate licenses to persons with disabilities, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Denley Loge (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-08 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana SB 148
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Allow landowners to designate licenses to persons with disabilities
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-14
- Last action: 2025-05-08, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: Denley Loge (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Fish
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 4 (298 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Landowners can name family or disabled designees: benefit, low. Beginning March 1, 2026, qualifying landowners can name someone to receive their landowner hunting licenses. Allowed designees are an immediate family member, a full-time year-round employee, or a person with a developmental or permanent physical disability as determined by the department, and they…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Denley Loge (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Gary Parry (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-11 | House | Do Concur | pass | 98 | 1 |   |
| 2025-04-10 | House | Do Concur | pass | 100 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2025-05-08: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate)
- 2025-05-05: Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: Transmitted to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-25: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-21: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-04-12: Returned from Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: Sent to Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-04-10: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-04-02: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-04-01: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-03-24: Hearing (House)
- 2025-02-03: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-02-03: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-01-31: Transmitted to House (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-24: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-01-24: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-01-22: Fiscal Note Printed (Senate)
- 2025-01-22: Fiscal Note Unsigned (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: Fiscal Note Received (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-14: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=7b0003e8-1ca0-4100-9375-3e83d95f618c)
- Introduced, 2025-01-14: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9987577c-0d96-4e5e-9a01-7b4d7374ac35)

## 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=7b0003e8-1ca0-4100-9375-3e83d95f618c)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9987577c-0d96-4e5e-9a01-7b4d7374ac35)

## 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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB148-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).