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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Remove sunset provision of active supervision laws for professional boards"
+description: "Remove sunset provision of active supervision laws for professional boards"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 97"
+citation: "Montana SB 97 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-12-02"
+last_action: "2021-03-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3402bbaf-965c-418d-b67c-def95016d94f"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=97&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "98dcf44cf5f85e2f73f05922573637385ef9433bcf5a667c77d6d6903fa9511e"
+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 SB 97 (2021) — Remove sunset provision of active supervision laws for professional boards
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0097_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0097_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0097_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0097_X.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0097.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-02** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-12-22** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2020-12-30** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-02** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-07** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-07** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-08** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-15** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
+- **2021-01-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-01-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-01-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-01-25** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-04** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2021-02-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2021-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-12** Returned to Senate
+- **2021-02-15** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-02-18** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-02-18** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-02-18** Signed by President
+- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-02-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-03-01** 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/3402bbaf-965c-418d-b67c-def95016d94f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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