---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise licensure requirements for professions under board of behavioral health"
description: "Revise licensure requirements for professions under board of behavioral health"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 177"
citation: "Montana HB 177 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Professions and Occupations A-D", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Garner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-13"
last_action: "2021-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6b6d8ad-71b4-49d1-9357-cc2c989188b5"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=177&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "285e96f10e99471dd5cbd13b3db3ae950de43deb76fd7987b1461ec1ea4d4a8a"
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 177 (2021) — Revise licensure requirements for professions under board of behavioral health

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0177_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0177_1.pdf)
2. **HB0177_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0177_2.pdf)
3. **HB0177_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0177_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0177.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank Garner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-13** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-04** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-11** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-14** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-15** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-19** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-01-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-02** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-03** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-02-16** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-02-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-18** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-19** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-19** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-23** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-26** Signed by President
- **2021-03-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-31** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01** 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/d6b6d8ad-71b4-49d1-9357-cc2c989188b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).