---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to physical and mental evaluations for professional licenses"
description: "Revise laws related to physical and mental evaluations for professional licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 238"
citation: "Montana HB 238 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Professions and Occupations Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jodee Etchart"]
version_count: 30
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-09T20:59:33+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T17:32:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd82401b-627e-401a-bf1f-24c1cd190894"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0217?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "8a87c2063b345c924ae1a5340ebbd646be433cb673dca6ed60e1d60450052c00"
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 238 (2025) — Revise laws related to physical and mental evaluations for professional licenses

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0238.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278639)
2. **HB0238.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279440)
3. **HB0238.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278638)
4. **HB0238_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272433)
5. **HB0238_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275346)
6. **HB0238_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276396)
7. **HB0238_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279688)
8. **HB0238_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279689)
9. **HB0238_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279690)
10. **HB0238_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279691)
11. **HB0238_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272223)
12. **HB0238_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279693)
13. **HB0238_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279695)
14. **HB0238_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279697)
15. **HB0238_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279773)
16. **HB0238_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279774)
17. **HB0238_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279775)
18. **HB0238_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281711)
19. **HB0238_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295880)
20. **HB0238_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279692)
21. **HB0238_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316422)
22. **HB0238_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316423)
23. **HB0238_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316424)
24. **HB0238_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317377)
25. **HB0238_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320839)
26. **HB0238_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324326)
27. **HB0238_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325665)
28. **HB0238_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327272)
29. **HB0238_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310666)
30. **LC0217.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269647)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jodee Etchart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-09T20:59:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-30T16:05:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-30T17:34:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-30T22:33:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-31T23:00:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-01T14:32:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-06T15:15:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-16T19:07:42+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-16T22:13:18+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-16T22:47:32+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-17T16:13:57+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:54:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-20T22:19:57+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-01-21T00:48:46+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T20:21:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-22T02:49:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-23T19:06:51+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-01-29T22:32:23+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-02-05T17:46:36+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T18:05:53+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T21:51:27+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11T20:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-12T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T21:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T22:19:56+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-13T20:14:21+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21T18:43:04+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T21:23:38+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-02-28T20:20:33+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-07T23:16:28+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-15T16:31:14+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-20T17:31:39+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-20T21:46:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-27T23:00:58+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T20:01:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T21:09:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T21:10:07+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-02T18:40:51+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-07T18:00:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-09T17:30:28+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-09T19:50:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16T13:16:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-17T17:32:36+00:00** 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/dd82401b-627e-401a-bf1f-24c1cd190894`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).