---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising laws related to fish pond licenses"
description: "Revising laws related to fish pond licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 205"
citation: "Montana HB 205 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray L Shaw"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 65
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-11-15"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2143a2d-939e-4b76-838f-95cd11664b1e"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=205&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "a1b590b48c1f51439854105e1e6ab736d0ee033e7f9837d061bfa332d37de1da"
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 205 (2019) — Revising laws related to fish pond licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0205_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0205_1.pdf)
2. **HB0205_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0205_2.pdf)
3. **HB0205_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0205_3.pdf)
4. **HB0205_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0205_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0205.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Adopt — **94–3** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ray L Shaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-15** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-27** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-11-27** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-12** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2018-12-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-17** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-17** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-21** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-21** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-24** Hearing
- **2019-01-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-30** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-04** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-18** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-03-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-20** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2019-03-20** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-03-21** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-03-27** Hearing
- **2019-03-27** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-03-28** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-09** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2143a2d-939e-4b76-838f-95cd11664b1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).