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type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise fish, wildlife, and parks laws"
description: "Generally revise fish, wildlife, and parks laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 637"
citation: "Montana HB 637 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Crimes", "Fish and Wildlife", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)", "Property", "Recreation/Parks/Sports", "Revenue", "State", "State Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seth Berglee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 83
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2020-11-12"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f805647-a95c-41dd-bcce-de334ee46334"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=637&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "6099c12ce3e1114f705d6017395c17960a87b646bbb4f9084631d9399440a4a9"
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 637 (2021) — Generally revise fish, wildlife, and parks laws
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0637_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0637_1.pdf)
2. **HB0637_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0637_2.pdf)
3. **HB0637_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0637_3.pdf)
4. **HB0637_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0637_4.pdf)
5. **HB0637_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0637_X.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0637.pdf)
## Votes
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **74** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **2822** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **6436** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **3119** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6531** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6931** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **186** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **2723** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **180** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **3020** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **136** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **6235** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **7822** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Seth Berglee — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-11-12** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-25** Draft On Hold
- **2021-02-23** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-03-03** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-03-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-03-09** Draft in Edit
- **2021-03-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-03-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-03-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-03-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-11** Executive Director Review
- **2021-03-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-03-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-11** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-03-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-12** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-03-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-12** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-17** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-03-18** Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2021-03-18** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-24** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-06** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-04-12** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-13** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-04-13** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-15** Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2021-04-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Fish and Game
- **2021-04-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Fish and Game
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-04-22** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-26** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-26** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-26** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2021-04-27** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-27** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Hearing - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-29** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-29** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-14** 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/8f805647-a95c-41dd-bcce-de334ee46334`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).