---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for licensing of board certified behavior analysts"
description: "Provide for licensing of board certified behavior analysts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 193"
citation: "Montana SB 193 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Professions and Occupations Generally", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duane Ankney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-08-30"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/777c2a63-0312-4020-8874-33161e0e62ad"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0256&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "7f38b9f5b1a866b0ba589caf6400bd3bbb069cb8f8a69ec5231d78786dc1f74b"
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 193 (2017) — Provide for licensing of board certified behavior analysts

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/SB0193.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **79–21** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **7–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass As Amended — **34–16** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **84–14** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-1 Ankney D/PASS — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **36–14** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Duane Ankney — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-08-30** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-30** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2016-12-30** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-14** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-14** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-01-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-17** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-17** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-01** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-02** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-07** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-02-10** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-10** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-10** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-16** Hearing
- **2017-02-24** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-27** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-06** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-03-07** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-07** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2017-03-07** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-09** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** Transmitted to House
- **2017-03-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Hearing
- **2017-04-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-06** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-22** Returned to Senate
- **2017-04-24** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-05-04** Signed by President
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/777c2a63-0312-4020-8874-33161e0e62ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).