--- type: "Bill" title: "Change dates to apply for speech language assistant licensure" description: "Change dates to apply for speech language assistant licensure" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 384" citation: "Montana HB 384 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Lynch"] version_count: 16 action_count: 39 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-12-15T15:01:33+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-08T18:41:29+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/850f0bd5-6ee5-437a-b6cf-88daa8ad6195" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3881?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "6d56a0aae6c0c619bc5f8f125200f583e3fe78112d5cb2521f7e8f01a140d0f7" 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 384 (2025) — Change dates to apply for speech language assistant licensure ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0384_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279166) 2. **HB0384_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286859) 3. **HB0384_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295877) 4. **HB0384_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310034) 5. **HB0384_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310039) 6. **HB0384_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278893) 7. **HB0384_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311805) 8. **HB0384_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311806) 9. **HB0384_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317055) 10. **HB0384_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320622) 11. **HB0384_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322132) 12. **HB0384_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322133) 13. **HB0384_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322134) 14. **HB0384_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324817) 15. **HB0384_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310497) 16. **LC3881.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273731) ## Votes - be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **89–10** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **19–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **90–10** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Jennifer Lynch — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-12-15T15:01:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-01-22T22:11:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-22T22:14:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-22T23:57:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-23T15:27:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-23T20:16:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-24T15:05:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-03T19:43:24+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-04T21:23:57+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-02-05T17:51:02+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-02-05T19:59:26+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-05T20:36:02+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-02-13T18:55:36+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-02-13T19:01:58+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-02-13T20:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-02-19T20:15:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2` - **2025-02-22T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-22T16:41:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-24T22:10:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-24T22:29:05+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-02-25T20:43:19+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-03T18:21:50+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-03-06T18:39:13+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-03-15T16:33:45+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-03-20T17:21:47+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-03-20T21:51:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-04-11T22:25:58+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2` - **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-12T15:55:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-14T17:42:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-14T17:42:26+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-16T15:51:50+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-24T23:00:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-25T18:15:35+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-25T21:33:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-08T18:41:29+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/850f0bd5-6ee5-437a-b6cf-88daa8ad6195`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).