---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow additional elk to be harvested during shoulder season"
description: "Allow additional elk to be harvested during shoulder season"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 497"
citation: "Montana HB 497 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wylie Galt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62ab47d1-d929-4da2-b0ed-07b6c32ed891"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=497&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "b1d2b7fff8d2fefe2175e111288bc090016e579f032e79e8b9724b44535c8151"
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 497 (2019) — Allow additional elk to be harvested during shoulder season

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0497_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0497_1.pdf)
2. **HB0497_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0497_2.pdf)
3. **HB0497_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0497_3.pdf)
4. **HB0497_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0497_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0497.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **6–4** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Brown Z D/PASS — **93–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **59–40** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **11–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **61–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wylie Galt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-05** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-13** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-19** Hearing
- **2019-02-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-25** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-02-25** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-27** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Returned to House
- **2019-04-03** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-04-30** 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/62ab47d1-d929-4da2-b0ed-07b6c32ed891`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).