---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create Montana wildlife habitat improvement and public access act"
description: "Create Montana wildlife habitat improvement and public access act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 434"
citation: "Montana HB 434 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Environmental Protection", "Fish and Wildlife", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly Flynn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 81
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2016-12-28"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c4f31c2-54f4-47d8-bca1-1ec7e59e5514"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC2273&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "8b639e8c26dc7031812e2d2153645c87b35368b295866e98992436153bbfeb54"
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 434 (2017) — Create Montana wildlife habitat improvement and public access act

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/HB0434.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Not Concur — **97–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **38–12** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **44–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur as Amended — **36–13** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-2 Cohenour D/PASS — **24–25** (fail) · legislature
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-1 Fielder D/PASS — **40–9** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **96–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kelly Flynn — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-28** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-08** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-17** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-01-17** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-03** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-07** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-07** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-10** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-17** Sponsor List Modified
- **2017-02-17** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-18** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-20** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-21** Hearing
- **2017-02-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-07** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Hearing
- **2017-03-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-16** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-16** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-17** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Hearing
- **2017-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-12** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2017-04-12** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-13** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-19** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-04-19** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-19** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2017-04-19** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-20** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-04-20** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-21** Hearing
- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-04-22** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-04-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-24** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-24** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-25** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2017-04-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-25** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2017-04-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
- **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c4f31c2-54f4-47d8-bca1-1ec7e59e5514`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).