Montana Legislature

Legislative Session 2011

As we do for every legislative session, MWF monitors and provides a Sportspersons - MWF 2011 Legislative Watch List. Understand that this list of legislative measures is as fluid as the Legislative Bill Draft Request List…it changes everyday. We encourage frequent visitation so that you may keep abreast of measures as they are presented to Legislators and Committees.

Each day we will be checking on how bills are advancing, moving from a Legislative Council (LC) number to a bill #, their status in drafting, title changes and clarity, committee assignments and hearing dates.  We will provide a Legislative Watch List each week.

Some requests to draft a measure may have not made it to the status of a bill or even into language drafting but may only be identifiable by its “Short Title”. 

While others may not yet be a bill but you might be able to retrieve the draft language.  

Some reasons for being unable to retrieve language include a “Draft Request Received”, “Draft On Hold”, “Draft Taken Off Hold” ‘In Drafting”, “Died in Process or Cancelled”, “Draft in Legal Review”, or a draft has been “Returned to the Requester” of a bill.   

On the list below we have identified bills that are continuing to move forward with a ‘hyphen’ or ‘dash’ (-) before the bill number.  Meaning the bill is still alive and moving in come capacity.  There are many that are simply sitting there – “On Hold” and may or may not move through the process but may be dropped by the bill drafting requested legislator or picked up by another.  

For those that are not yet a bill but the language is available for review on-line we have put an X before the number.

You can check on the status of all the bills (2,140 today)

You can look up the List of All Introduced and Unintroduced Bills

Or you can retrieve individual bills by using the numbers we are providing on this watch list. 

 The MWF lobby team does everything it can to monitor, inform and engage the hunting, fishing and wildlife conservation public but we cannot do it alone. The voice of the public, hunters and anglers are what truly make a difference and influence how a bill may proceed.

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Please feel free to contact MWF at anytime if you have a question about the status of a bill: mwf@mtwf.org

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11 MWF Legislative Watch List

(April 6th 2011)

Bison

HB318 Wendy Warburton Ensure county oversight in movement of publicly-owned wild buffalo- Transmitted to Governor

SB207 Frederick "Eric" Moore Clarify laws administered by dept. of livestock applicability to bison- (H) Agriculture Committee Concurred as Amended

SB212 Rick Ripley Clarify FWP authority to manage wild buffalo or bison- Scheduled for 3rd Reading on Senate Floor

BLM/Federal Land & Public Land

HJ4 Ken Peterson Resolution opposing national monuments without state's consent- Filed with Secretary of State

SJ6 Alan Olson Resolution regarding federal land use policy- Returned from Enrolling  

HB292 Dan Kennedy Constitutional referendum amending right to a clean and healthful environment- 3rd Reading Failed on Senate Floor

Brucellosis

SB237: Ron Arthun Revise laws relating to brucellosis surveillance- (S) Sent to Enrolling  

Wildlife Management

SB108 Debby Barrett Revise policy for management of large predators- Scheduled for 3rd Reading on Senate Floor

HB622 Duane Ankney Revising funding for livestock mitigation and control of predatory animals- Hearing: April 7th, Room 317, 9:00AM, (S) Finance and Claims  

Fisheries/Instream Flow/Fishing

HB47 Ken Peterson Authorize first Saturday of June as “free” fishing day- Hearing: April 8th, Room 350, 4:00PM, (S) Conference Committee  

SJ7 John Brenden Oppose clean water restoration act & navigable rivers- (S) Returned from Enrolling

SB343 Verdell Jackson Revise Montana Aquatic Invasive Species Act- (H) Agriculture Committee: Bill Concurred

HB449 Mark Blasdel Revise penalties for unlawful introduction of fish- Transmitted to Governor   

FWP Laws Revise General

SB92 Larry Jent Revise falconry law allowing nonresident capture- Transmitted to Governor  

SB124 Rick Ripley Reorganize and recodify fish and game criminal statutes- Scheduled for 3rd Reading on Senate Floor

SB390 Llew Jones Revise laws related to wildlife population management funding- Hearing: April 5th, Room 152, 3:00PM, (H) FWP Committee  

HB337 Mike Menehan Revising definitions related to fish and game violations- Transmitted to Governor   

HB566 Max Yates Revise laws related to hunting license bonus point system- Transmitted to Governor  

HB339 Liz Bangerter Eliminate limit on sale of Class B-13 youth nonresident big game combo- Transmitted to Governor

SB173 Bruce Tutvedt Revise laws regarding shooting ranges- Scheduled for 3rd Reading on Senate Floor  

HB209 Ted Washburn Revise maintenance laws for FWP land to prioritize funds for WMAs- Hearing: April 5th, Room 422, 3:00PM, (S) Fish and Game    

HB372 Ted Washburn Clarify preference system laws for nonresident permits and licenses- Hearing: April 6th, Room 422, 3:00PM, (S) Fish and Game  

SB184 Kendall Van Dyk Allow for bow and arrow bison hunt- Returned from Enrolling

SB255 John Brendan Generally revise laws governing fish and game commission- Scheduled for 3rd Reading on Senate Floor

HB336 Mike Menahan Revise penalties for waste of game- Sent to Enrolling   

HB449 Mark Blasdel Revise penalties for unlawful introduction of fish- Transmitted to Governor   

HB475 Pat Connell Laws relating to game management & predator- (S) Fish and Game Committee: Bill Concurred  

HB272 Kelly Flynn Eliminate ability for FWP to use hunting access fees to acquire fee title lands- Transmitted to Governor  

HB361 Ted Washburn Requiring the issuance of archery-only elk permits at 2007 levels- 3rd Reading on Senate Floor Failed  

Hunting

SB99 John Brenden Commission for vendor for ‘each’ super tag sold- 3rd Reading on House Floor Concurred

SB157 Kendall Van Dyk Donation $1 or more, Voluntary Wild Game Hunger Program- Tabled in (H) FWP Committee   

HB159 Cary Smith Restrict authority of FWP to regulate ammo or firearms for hunting- (S) Fish and Game Committee: Concurred as Amended
HB172
Ted Washburn Revise hunting of grizzly bears- (S) Returned to House with Amendments

HB176 Doug Kary Provide antelope tag for certain persons with terminally illness- Transmitted to Governor, Chapter number assigned

SB115 Greg Hinkle Prohibit disclosure of certain hunters' information- Transmitted to Governor

SB136 Joe Balyeat Revise residency requirements for hunting- Scheduled for 3rd Reading on Senate Floor

HB285 Bill Harris Revise elk hunting permits for limited drawing districts- Hearing: April 7th, Room 422, 3:00PM, (S) Fish and Game  

HB387 Kelly Flynn Revise issuance of B-10 and B-11 hunting licenses & related permits- Hearing March 31st, Room 422, 11:00AM, (S) Fish and Game Committee

HB475 Pat Connell Revise laws relating to game management and predator control- (S) Fish and Game Committee: Bill Concurred

HB261 Matthew M Rosendale Revise upland game bird hunting laws- Hearing: April 7th, Room 422, 3:00PM, (S) Fish and Game Committee

SB400 Chas Vincent Revise Big Game Licensing Laws- Hearing: April 7th, Room 152, 3:00PM, (H) FWP Committee  

HB607 Jeffrey Welborn Clarifying procedure for sale of B10 nonresident big game combo licenses- Hearing: April 6th, Room 422, 3:00PM, (S) Fish and Game Committee

Law Enforcement

HB134 Carolyn Squires Provide benefit & funding for game warden/peace officers retirement- Transmitted to Governor

Mining/Oil & Gas

LC0922 Chas Vincent Generally revise mining laws

Non-profits

HB63 Pat Noonan Allow non-profit to auction or raffle alcoholic bev. for fundraising- Transmitted to Governor, Chapter number assigned

Outfitters

SB118 Larry Jent Revise laws on leasing of outfitter/guide equipment to include contracting- Transmitted to Governor

HB458 Jeffery Welborn Generally revise laws related to outfitting- (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs Committee Report: Bill Concurred

State Lands/FWP Lands/Wildlife Mgmt Areas

SB100 Jim Shockley Disposition of damage awards for state land leases Scheduled for 2nd Reading on Senate Floor  

HB541 Jeffrey Welborn Exempt domestic livestock trailing from FWP regulation and MEPA- Sent to Enrolling  

State Parks

SB43 Jim Keane Revise primitive parks act- Sent to Enrolling

HB98 Jeff Welborn Direct proceeds from sale of state parks, deposit in state parks revenue fund–Transmitted to Governor, Chapter number assigned

Stream Access

Takings

LC1368 Jim Peterson Generally revise takings laws

SB347 Bob Lake Revise the private property assessment act- Scheduled for 2nd Reading on Senate Floor

Water

SB35 Bradley Hamlett Revise laws related to navigable river beds- Sent to Enrolling

SJ7 John Brenden Resolution opposing clean waters restoration act and navigable rivers- Returned from Enrolling

Wolves

HJ1 Mike Milburn Resolution urging fed legislation removing wolf from ESA- Filed with Secretary of State

SB414 Joe Balyeat Provide for control of wolves- Hearing: April 6th, Room 102, 8:00AM, (H) Appropriations

SB348 Debby Barrett Revise funding for wolf management- (H) FWP: Bill Concurred as Amended

HB363 Mike Cuffe Generally revise wolf loss reduction and mitigation accounts- (S) Fish and Game: Bill Concurred as Amended

HB287 Christy Clark Collection of wolf hides for livestock loss reduction & mitigation- Transmitted to Governor, Chapter number assigned

SB402 Joe Balyeat Provide for Spring Wolf Hunts- Scheduled for 2nd Reading on House Floor


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