---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising laws related to conservation licenses on state lands"
description: "Revising laws related to conservation licenses on state lands"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 521"
citation: "Montana HB 521 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Recreation/Parks/Sports", "Revenue", "State", "State Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denley Loge"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 60
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-01T22:55:54+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T16:57:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1afc66cc-a0e0-4edc-b6c0-c7b4bd79209e"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0964"
source_hash: "438f4e875d938f376d15c6b389c6b9e23920c600a67ab347a2cad6d0921237d2"
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 521 (2023) — Revising laws related to conservation licenses on state lands

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0521.001.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8470)
2. **HB0521.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8468)
3. **HB0521.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8469)
4. **HB0521_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8474)
5. **HB0521_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8473)
6. **HB0521_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8472)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **80–10** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **12–11** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **26–24** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **81–16** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **13–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Denley Loge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T16:57:23+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:00:48+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-01T23:15:24+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01T23:15:23+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-27T13:53:31+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T22:41:30+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-25T19:20:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T18:51:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-21T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-20T02:27:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T00:41:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T23:33:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-18T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-24T14:57:46+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T19:17:51+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23T17:56:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-22T21:19:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T19:35:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20T21:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T20:45:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T20:27:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21T20:34:14+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-21T20:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T01:56:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T01:19:45+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-20T18:58:01+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-20T15:22:42+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-17T22:00:34+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T19:19:42+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-15T20:19:17+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15T19:24:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T17:39:58+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-13T20:30:58+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-13T20:27:51+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-13T17:04:36+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-07T22:27:24+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-07T15:41:04+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-07T15:41:00+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-07T12:43:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-07T01:37:40+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-07T00:28:14+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-07T00:28:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-06T15:33:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-05T23:40:58+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-03T16:51:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-03T00:25:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-01T21:23:02+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-20T20:55:18+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-11-11T16:47:53+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-11-01T22:55:54+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1afc66cc-a0e0-4edc-b6c0-c7b4bd79209e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).