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Montana Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment (2024)

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Montana Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment
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Election date
November 5, 2024
Topic
Constitutional rights and Hunting and fishing
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
Constitutional amendment
Origin
State legislature

The Montana Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment was not on the ballot in Montana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.[1]

The amendment would have created a right to hunt and fish in the Montana Constitution.[1]

Text of measure

Full text

The full text of the amendment can be read here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Montana Constitution

To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote of all members of the Montana State Legislature is required.

This amendment was introduced as House Bill 372 on January 31, 2023. The House passed the amendment on April 4, 2023, by a vote of 64-34. The measure did not receive the required 100 votes to be placed on the ballot.[1]

Vote in the Montana House of Representatives
April 4, 2023
Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote of all members of the legislature as a whole, whether in a joint session or separate sessions
YesNoNot voting
Total64342
Total percent64.00%34.00%2.00%
Democrat0302
Republican6440

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