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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise marriage and family therapist laws"
+description: "Generally revise marriage and family therapist laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 477"
+citation: "Montana HB 477 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Professions and Occupations E-N"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Katie Zolnikov"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-11-19"
+last_action: "2021-04-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acb54379-4b5e-4190-8cc3-c0306873d7e4"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=477&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "a7ef27d2177647a292e4d7e47c1bf30b793e5d2bc7b1a2d3be3774c2beb3b0b8"
+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 477 (2021) — Generally revise marriage and family therapist laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0477_0.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0477_0.pdf)
+2. **HB0477_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0477_1.pdf)
+3. **HB0477_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0477_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0477.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Katie Zolnikov — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-19** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-11-19** Draft On Hold
+- **2021-02-11** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2021-02-12** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-02-12** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-02-13** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-02-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-02-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-02-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-02-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-16** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-02-16** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-16** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-17** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-18** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2021-02-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-18** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-24** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2021-02-25** Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2021-02-25** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2021-02-26** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2021-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24** Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
+- **2021-03-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
+- **2021-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
+- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-13** Returned to House
+- **2021-04-14** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-04-19** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-04-19** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-04-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-04-21** Signed by President
+- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-28** 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/acb54379-4b5e-4190-8cc3-c0306873d7e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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