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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allow for the snaring of wolves in Montana by licensed trappers"
+description: "Allow for the snaring of wolves in Montana by licensed trappers"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 224"
+citation: "Montana HB 224 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Paul Fielder"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-12-10"
+last_action: "2021-04-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f97fc796-a489-4544-8b5b-f83b01141f88"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=224&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "73bbbe80d2e9c579247a173f233692b35dd96515291e0757433e0d15f90577f5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
+---
+
+# Montana HB 224 (2021) — Allow for the snaring of wolves in Montana by licensed trappers
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0224_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0224_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0224_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0224_X.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0224.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–4** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS — **12–6** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **68–32** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **67–33** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **27–23** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **28–22** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paul Fielder — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-10** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-12-28** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-01-12** Draft On Hold
+- **2021-01-12** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2021-01-12** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-12** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-18** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-18** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-19** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-22** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-25** Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-02** Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
+- **2021-02-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-10** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-11** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-11** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-02-12** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-12** Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-18** Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
+- **2021-03-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
+- **2021-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
+- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-19** Returned to House
+- **2021-03-22** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-03-24** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-03-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-03-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-03-30** Signed by President
+- **2021-03-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-09** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f97fc796-a489-4544-8b5b-f83b01141f88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+