---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase block management landowner payment cap"
description: "Increase block management landowner payment cap"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 97"
citation: "Montana HB 97 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denley M Loge"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-09-15"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44f0fa6d-e1d6-41e6-a28e-a769ab30ad34"
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=LC0462&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "345b258776516068c65361fa3d9a5db48d7884d207c85f89111e4f3719c27f25"
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 97 (2017) — Increase block management landowner payment cap

## 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/HB0097.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Denley M Loge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-15** Draft Request Received
- **2016-11-16** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2016-11-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-11-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-11-23** Draft in Edit
- **2016-11-26** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-11-28** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-11-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-01** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-03** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-05** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-12-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-12-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-14** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-03** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-04** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-05** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-01-12** 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
- **2017-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** Hearing
- **2017-02-27** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Hearing
- **2017-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-29** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-31** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-01** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-03** Returned to House
- **2017-04-03** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-05** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-07** Signed by President
- **2017-04-10** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44f0fa6d-e1d6-41e6-a28e-a769ab30ad34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).