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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Consolidating and clarifying penalties for unlicensed practice"
+description: "Consolidating and clarifying penalties for unlicensed practice"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 115"
+citation: "Montana HB 115 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-09-19T13:43:04+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-04T17:43:13+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c782113e-25bd-4359-9662-4c929493dd79"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0395"
+source_hash: "52522aecbbe799f5a637a70e9f24a08f64d29eb4c76e347559cca7d7874e4d29"
+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 115 (2023) — Consolidating and clarifying penalties for unlicensed practice
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0115_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3540)
+2. **HB0115_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3541)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **40–10** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **81–17** (pass) · lower
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **77–22** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **43–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Mercer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-04T17:43:13+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-05-03T22:51:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-26T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-04-21T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-19T22:09:49+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-19T22:09:48+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-18T01:38:56+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-17T22:14:45+00:00** (S) Returned to House
+- **2023-04-14T19:26:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-13T21:01:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-05T19:26:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-14T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-03-03T02:48:30+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-31T20:19:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-31T18:39:11+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2023-01-30T21:33:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-01-27T20:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-25T20:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-25T19:40:18+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-19T15:30:42+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-01-05T18:03:57+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2023-01-05T01:21:36+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2023-01-04T15:02:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2023-01-02T21:09:12+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-12-21T16:29:42+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-12-14T23:46:54+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-12-14T17:10:34+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2022-12-13T19:40:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2022-12-13T19:39:59+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2022-12-01T18:46:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2022-12-01T18:00:36+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2022-12-01T17:10:19+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-12-01T17:10:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2022-11-30T19:06:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2022-11-30T03:21:27+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2022-11-23T16:47:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2022-11-23T15:40:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2022-11-21T19:47:15+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-09-19T13:43:04+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c782113e-25bd-4359-9662-4c929493dd79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+