---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise requirements for hobbyist apiaries"
description: "Revise requirements for hobbyist apiaries"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 443"
citation: "Montana HB 443 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 55
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-11-16"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0e5f4a9-a69f-47f2-bfd8-720f4a5de29a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=443&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "be7a17cb47d7715098db0df5e45bdfbc2abba3e7579cb9ccd0e3e023d25b3c6e"
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 443 (2019) — Revise requirements for hobbyist apiaries

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0443_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0443_1.pdf)
2. **HB0443_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0443_2.pdf)
3. **HB0443_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0443_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0443.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **71–29** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **61–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-16** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-07** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-21** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-04** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-05** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-05** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-05** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-05** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-09** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-11** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-18** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-18** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-19** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-21** Hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-15** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-16** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-16** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-18** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-18** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-04-02** 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
- **2019-04-23** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-23** 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/e0e5f4a9-a69f-47f2-bfd8-720f4a5de29a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).