---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring FW Commission approval of certain landowner elk licenses"
description: "Requiring FW Commission approval of certain landowner elk licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 119"
citation: "Montana HB 119 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denley M Loge"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-03"
last_action: "2021-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12811db4-4368-4cfd-8428-b9619744f992"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=119&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "290f458796535ba1ce12e22289e4e99f46ce8796d84ff9af3231565752122c31"
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 119 (2021) — Requiring FW Commission approval of certain landowner elk licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0119_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0119_1.pdf)
2. **HB0119_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0119_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0119.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Denley M Loge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-03** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-11-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-14** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-15** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-15** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-15** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-15** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-12-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-03** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-04** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-06** Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** First Reading - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2021-01-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2021-02-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2021-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Fish and Game
- **2021-03-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-12** Returned to House
- **2021-03-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-17** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-18** Signed by President
- **2021-03-19** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-26** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12811db4-4368-4cfd-8428-b9619744f992`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).