---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal surety bond requirements for FWP license agents"
description: "Repeal surety bond requirements for FWP license agents"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 73"
citation: "Montana HB 73 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denley Loge"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-17T20:50:50+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-06T19:57:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc32b679-8b92-4caa-bc23-111fbd376327"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0741"
source_hash: "bb2c532fc0cff730ac52d02e9337fa3178cfa586f13c0ca8d6c9d6db063a0caf"
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 73 (2023) — Repeal surety bond requirements for FWP license agents

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0073_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2186)
2. **HB0073_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2187)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Denley Loge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T19:57:40+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-02T21:51:06+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-23T17:17:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-23T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-21T23:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16T19:10:17+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16T19:10:16+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-08T18:06:40+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-07T22:33:32+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-06T22:06:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03T20:42:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-20T03:15:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-17T21:30:23+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-10T16:22:16+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09T20:17:06+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-09T17:11:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06T22:06:34+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-06T20:37:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-05T20:37:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-05T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-04T20:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-03T22:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-03T22:00:51+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:41:34+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:21:41+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:54:38+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-09T21:56:58+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-29T17:46:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-29T16:04:39+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-29T01:59:43+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-29T01:59:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-28T17:37:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-28T17:35:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-23T21:17:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-23T17:35:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-17T20:50:50+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/fc32b679-8b92-4caa-bc23-111fbd376327`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).