---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriate funds to FWP for recreation easement"
description: "Appropriate funds to FWP for recreation easement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 695"
citation: "Montana HB 695 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Environmental Protection", "Fish and Wildlife", "Recreation/Parks/Sports", "State Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Keane"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-07-29"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/903357f6-d58e-44a4-8165-dc057e8ba7d7"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=695&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "0e50d53e1d1e2e60628c482ec24a59e8a5da125c766ab5a6d342e6ed979bad5e"
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 695 (2019) — Appropriate funds to FWP for recreation easement

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0695_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0695_1.pdf)
2. **HB0695_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0695_2.pdf)
3. **HB0695_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0695_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0695.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **92–7** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Keane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-29** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-15** Draft On Hold
- **2019-03-14** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-03-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-14** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-14** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-03-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-15** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-15** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-15** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-15** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-15** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-22** Hearing
- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-23** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-03-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Hearing
- **2019-04-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-10** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Returned to House
- **2019-04-15** 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`
- **2019-05-08** 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/903357f6-d58e-44a4-8165-dc057e8ba7d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).