---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise reporting requirements for certain fish pond licensees"
description: "Revise reporting requirements for certain fish pond licensees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 224"
citation: "Montana HB 224 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray L Shaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-28"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/582c2260-81d5-45c9-8766-782f802131a3"
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=20191"
source_hash: "64ccb35003e99891900b928b6c1b88913964dc666cfcf7e3bec16f22c053318b"
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 (2019) — Revise reporting requirements for certain fish pond licensees

## 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/2019/HB0299//HB0224_1.pdf)
2. **HB0224_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0224_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0224.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **83–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **85–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ray L Shaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-28** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-11** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2018-12-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-13** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-13** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-12** Hearing
- **2019-02-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-03** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to House
- **2019-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/582c2260-81d5-45c9-8766-782f802131a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).