---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws relating to social worker pertaining to work experience"
description: "Revise laws relating to social worker pertaining to work experience"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 499"
citation: "Montana HB 499 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment and Labor (same as: Labor and Employment)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emma Kerr-Carpenter"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-18T14:47:15+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T18:51:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a51ea0cf-0d88-4aab-badc-4bbeac6b4b09"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1311"
source_hash: "b603b8246e4aa2cbb82cd293e9cc60996a44827dc302761e55bf1c3beafcf354"
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 499 (2023) — Revise laws relating to social worker pertaining to work experience

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0499.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10361)
2. **HB0499.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10358)
3. **HB0499.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10360)
4. **HB0499.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10357)
5. **HB0499.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10359)
6. **HB0499.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10362)
7. **HB0499001SCH18735.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10355)
8. **HB0499002SCH18735.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10356)
9. **HB0499_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10363)
10. **HB0499_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10366)
11. **HB0499_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10365)
12. **HB0499_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10364)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **74–21** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **46–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emma Kerr-Carpenter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T18:51:29+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-22T17:25:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T17:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-11T15:38:10+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11T15:38:09+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-02T00:05:19+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-01T22:19:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T20:33:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T22:15:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-14T19:37:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T21:19:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:33:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-07T19:15:20+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T19:33:48+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T17:30:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01T00:10:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-28T23:52:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T21:39:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T20:44:48+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-22T22:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T22:10:44+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T17:40:47+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-21T15:30:20+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-14T20:15:18+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T15:51:05+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T17:12:17+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-12T23:17:30+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-09T22:03:52+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-08T19:01:43+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-08T15:24:47+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-08T15:24:33+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-08T15:13:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-08T14:34:04+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-08T02:47:00+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-08T02:46:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-08T01:21:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-04T22:59:05+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-02T19:36:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-01T00:06:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-31T18:54:41+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-29T18:20:53+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-18T14:47:15+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/a51ea0cf-0d88-4aab-badc-4bbeac6b4b09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).