---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to professional licensing board appointments and reporting requirements"
description: "Revise laws related to professional licensing board appointments and reporting requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 335"
citation: "Montana HB 335 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Karlen"]
version_count: 40
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-14T18:16:13+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T23:15:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d26c2ac2-3491-4529-a8ce-e97174049a42"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3520?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "32bbf2a23b4ead99d34c212480b5fa2537d124b597a53315503f1c4acad812c4"
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 335 (2025) — Revise laws related to professional licensing board appointments and reporting requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0335.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280716)
2. **HB0335_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277019)
3. **HB0335_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281644)
4. **HB0335_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281647)
5. **HB0335_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281648)
6. **HB0335_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281649)
7. **HB0335_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276770)
8. **HB0335_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281652)
9. **HB0335_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281697)
10. **HB0335_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281700)
11. **HB0335_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285198)
12. **HB0335_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295206)
13. **HB0335_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298019)
14. **HB0335_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281657)
15. **HB0335_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281658)
16. **HB0335_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281686)
17. **HB0335_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281687)
18. **HB0335_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281690)
19. **HB0335_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281693)
20. **HB0335_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281695)
21. **HB0335_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281696)
22. **HB0335_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281651)
23. **HB0335_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298018)
24. **HB0335_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298022)
25. **HB0335_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310863)
26. **HB0335_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316803)
27. **HB0335_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320379)
28. **HB0335_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324222)
29. **HB0335_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326892)
30. **HB0335_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327815)
31. **HB0335_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298598)
32. **HB0335_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298599)
33. **HB0335_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298600)
34. **HB0335_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298670)
35. **HB0335_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298675)
36. **HB0335_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308399)
37. **HB0335_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308400)
38. **HB0335_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308401)
39. **HB0335_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298020)
40. **LC3520.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273038)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jonathan Karlen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-14T18:16:13+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-20T23:15:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-21T16:22:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-21T18:11:22+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-22T16:27:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-23T00:41:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-24T16:09:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-27T22:06:32+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-29T14:31:34+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-29T18:07:45+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T19:52:15+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-31T19:19:39+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-02-11T01:21:33+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-02-12T16:55:59+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T17:07:09+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19T20:11:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-20T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T21:45:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T22:17:25+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-21T20:25:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-01T22:05:15+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T18:41:17+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-15T16:35:31+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-19T14:18:02+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-19T21:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21T20:09:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-24T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-24T19:51:54+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-24T19:52:07+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-26T12:13:17+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-01T17:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-01T18:35:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T20:02:08+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07T23:15:49+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/d26c2ac2-3491-4529-a8ce-e97174049a42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).