---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove licensure requirement for medication aides"
description: "Remove licensure requirement for medication aides"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 154"
citation: "Montana HB 154 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Professions and Occupations E-N"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Tuss"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T13:52:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-26T15:26:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b39db30e-e99e-49e6-8e9e-97a72a7b243f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0401"
source_hash: "1d4e7c0fa6f1016e17c7a209bdba0d15841d797cc151040ecb9c507e98cdac0a"
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 154 (2023) — Remove licensure requirement for medication aides

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0154.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4097)
2. **HB0154.001.002_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4096)
3. **HB0154_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4100)
4. **HB0154_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4099)
5. **HB0154_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4098)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Tuss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-26T15:26:43+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T00:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T17:01:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-19T17:34:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-14T14:39:49+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-14T14:39:48+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-06T22:49:55+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-06T21:16:24+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-05T19:52:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:28:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T19:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-30T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-14T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-06T17:08:15+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T20:23:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08T23:10:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-08T22:20:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T22:26:20+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-02T20:10:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T15:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31T15:30:36+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-31T00:54:25+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-03T00:59:00+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-02T21:22:58+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-22T00:24:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T20:24:20+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-15T20:09:05+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-21T20:43:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-21T19:52:47+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-21T19:38:51+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-21T19:38:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-21T18:44:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-17T15:58:33+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-16T20:17:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-15T20:07:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-15T18:21:17+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T13:52:37+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/b39db30e-e99e-49e6-8e9e-97a72a7b243f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).