---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise elk hunting access agreement licenses"
description: "Revise elk hunting access agreement licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 596"
citation: "Montana HB 596 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Recreation/Parks/Sports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denley Loge"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 62
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-11-10T22:30:41+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T18:54:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ba7dda5-156f-4fdd-a029-791bee437d30"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1060"
source_hash: "278c1aedd7a3071bb5f7711b17aa0041b8da8304b462430e3ee7846133733f1d"
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 596 (2023) — Revise elk hunting access agreement licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0596.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9182)
2. **HB0596.001.003_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9181)
3. **HB0596.001.003_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9183)
4. **HB0596.003.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9187)
5. **HB0596.003.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9185)
6. **HB0596.003.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9184)
7. **HB0596GovAmd.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9186)
8. **HB0596_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9191)
9. **HB0596_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9188)
10. **HB0596_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9190)
11. **HB0596_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9189)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **77–22** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **75–25** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **46–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Denley Loge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T18:54:28+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-22T15:48:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T17:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-09T15:11:32+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09T15:11:31+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-04T18:14:01+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-05-04T17:41:42+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-01T23:51:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-01T23:15:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T20:52:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T23:37:08+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate for Consideration of Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2023-04-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T16:28:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-21T16:14:00+00:00** (H) Returned with Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-06T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T16:27:59+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T16:27:33+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-30T21:58:38+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-30T21:26:04+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-29T20:11:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T20:38:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-24T19:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-23T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-10T20:02:12+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:14:14+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:20:02+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T19:19:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T21:38:30+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-24T20:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T20:52:55+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-21T22:00:41+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-16T20:31:54+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T17:56:50+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T15:02:31+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T14:02:17+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-15T18:49:15+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-15T00:04:45+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T20:11:57+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-14T20:11:52+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T18:10:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-14T17:16:40+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-14T02:55:30+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-14T02:55:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-13T18:34:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-07T15:23:26+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-04T21:55:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-04T20:14:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-03T20:37:25+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-02T18:31:12+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-28T22:28:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-23T20:24:49+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-11-10T22:30:41+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/2ba7dda5-156f-4fdd-a029-791bee437d30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).