---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws regarding hunting license benefits for military members"
description: "Revise laws regarding hunting license benefits for military members"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "Montana SB 167 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Military Affairs", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Gillespie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-10-12"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f4f7061-e585-48ee-9a06-a7eb5674f3b9"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=167&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "c1a9fdaf95622fbe7f5d0e7d80f78f6189404b3d474b90182ccb9e13420bc03d"
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 SB 167 (2019) — Revise laws regarding hunting license benefits for military members

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0167_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0167_1.pdf)
2. **SB0167_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0167_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0167.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce Gillespie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-12** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-19** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-03** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-03** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-03** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-08** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-08** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-08** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-08** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-08** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-08** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-08** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-23** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-26** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-29** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-31** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-01** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-05** Hearing
- **2019-02-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-16** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-16** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-13** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f4f7061-e585-48ee-9a06-a7eb5674f3b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).