---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the voluntary wolf mitigation account"
description: "Establishing the voluntary wolf mitigation account"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 291"
citation: "Montana HB 291 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Fish and Wildlife", "Livestock (see also: Agriculture; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becky Beard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 59
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4a3915e-c34d-4193-ad4b-c56c1ae9662e"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=291&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "e24602462d407981cee5a2bc9a6bc8fac2eb9c1cf9cf7f39fbb26d3afb665984"
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 291 (2019) — Establishing the voluntary wolf mitigation account

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0291_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0291_1.pdf)
2. **HB0291_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0291_2.pdf)
3. **HB0291_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0291_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0291.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD-001 Weatherwax D/PASS — **42–58** (fail) · lower
- AMD-001 Jacobson D/PASS — **20–30** (fail) · upper
- Do Pass — **75–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **81–19** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **14–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Becky Beard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-02** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-08** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft Taken by Drafter
- **2019-01-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-12** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-15** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-15** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-15** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-15** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-21** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-01-21** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-22** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-23** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-24** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-30** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-30** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-12** Hearing
- **2019-02-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-22** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-02-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-23** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-27** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-10** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Returned to House
- **2019-04-11** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4a3915e-c34d-4193-ad4b-c56c1ae9662e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).