---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect fish and wildlife locations from misuse"
description: "Protect fish and wildlife locations from misuse"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 349"
citation: "Montana SB 349 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Fish and Wildlife", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Cohenour"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-02"
last_action: "2019-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/603a881b-c0fd-48c6-85c6-124b7f2e6ea6"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=349&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "218316fc8ee3c44cfb45663d29cacdbb0833feb935426c96d21292e56bf3ad6d"
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 349 (2019) — Protect fish and wildlife locations from misuse

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0349_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0349_1.pdf)
2. **SB0349_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0349_2.pdf)
3. **SB0349_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0349_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0349.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **27–23** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **27–22** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **54–46** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **6–4** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **53–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jill Cohenour — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-02** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-21** Draft On Hold
- **2019-03-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-14** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-14** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-15** 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
- **2019-03-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-21** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-26** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-26** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-26** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-26** Hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to House
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-04-09** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-04-16** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-04-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-17** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-03** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/603a881b-c0fd-48c6-85c6-124b7f2e6ea6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).