---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise psychology licensing laws"
description: "Revise psychology licensing laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 90"
citation: "Montana SB 90 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason D Small"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-13"
last_action: "2021-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e001962-cded-4ddb-89e6-0bbd50ea89dd"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=90&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "a3f66cbe76970930e8c422d24e38ede12798a4f49108c795eb98effcfadb6770"
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 90 (2021) — Revise psychology licensing laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0090_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0090_1.pdf)
2. **SB0090_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0090_2.pdf)
3. **SB0090_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0090_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0090.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason D Small — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-13** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-22** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-30** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-02** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-05** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-05** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-05** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-06** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-06** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-06** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-06** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-06** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-01-16** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-26** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-26** Transmitted to House
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-02-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-02-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-02-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Returned to Senate
- **2021-02-16** 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/9e001962-cded-4ddb-89e6-0bbd50ea89dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).