---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise how wolf licenses issued to resident hunters"
description: "Revise how wolf licenses issued to resident hunters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 280"
citation: "Montana HB 280 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Brown"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 63
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-12-04"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6840b83c-a78f-421e-bbab-5ca5fa429ffe"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=280&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "c2a177a92ef112c13a33d9a57f599c92a74881724176c1d0aa2bda56e7eef9aa"
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 280 (2019) — Revise how wolf licenses issued to resident hunters

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0280_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0280_1.pdf)
2. **HB0280_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0280_2.pdf)
3. **HB0280_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0280_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0280.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **77–22** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **70–26** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **17–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-04** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-22** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-09** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft Back for Requester Changes
- **2019-01-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-16** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-18** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-18** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-21** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-21** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-21** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-23** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-23** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-29** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-29** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-01-30** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-31** Hearing
- **2019-02-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-14** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-15** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-15** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-15** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Hearing
- **2019-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-17** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Returned to House
- **2019-04-17** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6840b83c-a78f-421e-bbab-5ca5fa429ffe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).