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Montana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 559: Revise river usage laws related to commercial fishing, outfitting, and guiding

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 559 is a bill introduced in the Montana House on December 8, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Revise river usage laws related to commercial fishing, outfitting, and guiding. Primary sponsor: Tom France (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 21, 2025): (H) Bill Withdrawn.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tom FrancePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse99

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. (H) Bill Withdrawn
  2. (H) 1st Reading
  3. (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
  4. (H) Fiscal Note Requested
  5. (H) Introduced
  6. (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
  7. (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
  8. (LC) Draft in Assembly
  9. (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
  10. (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
  11. (LC) Draft in Edit
  12. (LC) Draft in Legal Review

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source