---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise rulemaking authority of the Board of Outfitters"
description: "Revise rulemaking authority of the Board of Outfitters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 222"
citation: "Montana SB 222 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Professions and Occupations O-Z", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Cohenour"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d509b853-c266-48a2-8b52-f72efd804d99"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=222&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "8c4f6e27e1b570bfc0fca0e9f06424f3d87089d7cf4106d3bb98bb24f70c686c"
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 222 (2019) — Revise rulemaking authority of the Board of Outfitters

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0222_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0222_1.pdf)
2. **SB0222_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0222_2.pdf)
3. **SB0222_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0222_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0222.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jill Cohenour — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-28** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-31** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-31** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-01** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-01** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-02** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-21** Hearing
- **2019-02-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-03** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-09** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** 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/d509b853-c266-48a2-8b52-f72efd804d99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).