---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising antlerless elk tag license laws"
description: "Revising antlerless elk tag license laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "Montana SB 116 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Property", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duane Ankney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 55
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-11-03"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0441480-d4d8-4e64-b0db-e9f4a68bf1bc"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=116&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "2103ba7f471b532b69492dcfa95d8d36b9555b3f38273f23490a985961868a30"
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 116 (2021) — Revising antlerless elk tag license laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0116_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0116_1.pdf)
2. **SB0116_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0116_2.pdf)
3. **SB0116_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0116_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0116.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur As Amended — **85–15** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Loge D/PASS — **87–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **66–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duane Ankney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-03** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-16** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-30** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-31** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-12-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-03** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-21** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-21** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-21** Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2021-01-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-02** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-03** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2021-02-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2021-02-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2021-03-30** Amendments Available
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-04-20** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-02** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-02** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12** 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/b0441480-d4d8-4e64-b0db-e9f4a68bf1bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).