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Senate Fish and Game advances several bills in executive action; most motions pass
Summary
In a brisk executive session the committee amended and concurred in several bills (HB 264, HB 330, HB 283, HB 354, HB 450, HB 468, HB 568), adopting cleanup amendments and forwarding most bills to the floor.
Following hearings, the Senate Fish and Game Committee conducted executive action on a bundle of bills and amendments.
Key results included: HB 264 (wildlife telemetry data/telemetry frequencies) — amendment agreed as cleanup with FWP consultation and the bill was concurred in as amended; HB 330 (auctions/lotteries for antelope and swans) — passed to the floor; HB 283 (add lottery option for certain big‑game tags) — taken off the table and passed; HB 354 (criminal trespass/hunting privilege revocation) — committee adopted a conceptual amendment changing a mandatory revocation to discretionary language and passed the bill as amended; HB 450 (Class D‑5 training dog license changes) and HB 468 (watercraft law cleanups) passed to the floor; HB 568 (Montana Hunters First Act, a nonresident hunting impact study) was amended to reduce the study scope and the amendment lowered projected study costs in committee discussion.
Votes were a mixture of voice votes and roll calls; where recorded the committee generally sent the bills to the floor by majority vote. Committee members said they sought to give the commission and agencies tools for rulemaking, to improve equity in access to special tags, and to clean up statutory language where the agency requested it.
The committee adjourned at the end of the EA sequence.
