---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise social worker licensing laws"
description: "Generally revise social worker licensing laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 626"
citation: "Montana HB 626 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emma Kerr-Carpenter"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 60
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-11-06"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f833bad7-ef5d-4bf0-a945-a469fc69c16a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=626&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "91c17f63a4fde5d6178cdc90f111c96bf83679941c8b328508efddaa88f0592c"
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 626 (2019) — Generally revise social worker licensing laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0626_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0626_1.pdf)
2. **HB0626_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0626_2.pdf)
3. **HB0626_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0626_3.pdf)
4. **HB0626_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0626_4.pdf)
5. **HB0626_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0626_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0626.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur As Amended — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **56–43** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **54–37** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **56–41** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Ellsworth D/PASS — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **62–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emma Kerr-Carpenter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-06** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-15** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-01** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-01** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-08** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-15** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-18** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-25** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-11** Hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-23** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Hearing
- **2019-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-04-13** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-04-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-23** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f833bad7-ef5d-4bf0-a945-a469fc69c16a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).