---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to filing and participation in licensing complaint investigations"
description: "Revise laws related to filing and participation in licensing complaint investigations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 563"
citation: "Montana HB 563 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-09T20:59:16+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T22:10:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5731c0e0-62f8-47d1-86a3-a52423db78ab"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0216?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "9d1000e5e060416e1834628282665abc259b6a59649fccc1c01057f9ef53393b"
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 563 (2025) — Revise laws related to filing and participation in licensing complaint investigations

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0563_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284379)
2. **HB0563_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293836)
3. **HB0563_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293984)
4. **HB0563_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299997)
5. **HB0563_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309737)
6. **HB0563_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309738)
7. **HB0563_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283935)
8. **HB0563_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311478)
9. **HB0563_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311479)
10. **HB0563_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317021)
11. **HB0563_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320589)
12. **HB0563_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322409)
13. **HB0563_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322410)
14. **HB0563_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322411)
15. **HB0563_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324865)
16. **HB0563_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325664)
17. **HB0563_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311015)
18. **LC0216.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269696)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-09T20:59:16+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-30T16:00:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-30T17:41:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-31T22:57:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-02T16:22:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-03T21:26:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-06T15:11:00+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-18T22:56:52+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-18T23:22:17+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-19T19:29:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T19:52:09+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21T15:16:32+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-02-26T16:51:30+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-02-27T19:42:07+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T22:15:40+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T01:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T16:58:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14T23:29:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T15:25:25+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-28T15:29:07+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-28T21:37:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T17:10:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T21:40:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T21:40:25+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-16T11:41:05+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T15:15:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:20:56+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:47:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-08T17:11:09+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T22:10:53+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/5731c0e0-62f8-47d1-86a3-a52423db78ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).