---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise hunting license laws related to bonus points"
description: "Revise hunting license laws related to bonus points"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 623"
citation: "Montana HB 623 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerry White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-11-04"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27ba547b-fde5-4d05-ab19-c68848473165"
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=LC0651&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "7631f7c7c41d86448f2247a9c8f10625924f9ee5d4ad9606c7caaa62be7c655e"
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 623 (2017) — Revise hunting license laws related to bonus points

## 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/HB0623.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **96–4** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kerry White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-04** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-08** Draft On Hold
- **2017-02-14** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-03-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-03-17** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-03-17** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-03-18** Draft in Edit
- **2017-03-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-03-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-03-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-03-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-20** Executive Director Review
- **2017-03-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-03-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-03-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-03-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-03-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-21** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-23** Hearing
- **2017-03-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-27** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-03-27** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Hearing
- **2017-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-30** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Hearing
- **2017-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Returned to House
- **2017-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-19** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-20** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
- **2017-05-01** 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/27ba547b-fde5-4d05-ab19-c68848473165`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).