---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize speech-language pathology aides and audiology aides"
description: "Authorize speech-language pathology aides and audiology aides"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 744"
citation: "Montana HB 744 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education - K-12", "Professions and Occupations Generally", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melissa Nikolakakos"]
version_count: 36
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-14T16:51:28+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T18:53:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/384549a5-c07b-4678-bc0a-08240b577e2f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3376?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "83372a94840cd6f849bbb7e3fb13e9b227b48b5820a6eb52fb14791cb0a34f09"
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 744 (2025) — Authorize speech-language pathology aides and audiology aides

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0744.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290393)
2. **HB0744_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287543)
3. **HB0744_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291090)
4. **HB0744_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291091)
5. **HB0744_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291092)
6. **HB0744_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291093)
7. **HB0744_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287210)
8. **HB0744_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291095)
9. **HB0744_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313010)
10. **HB0744_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313011)
11. **HB0744_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291193)
12. **HB0744_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291194)
13. **HB0744_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291195)
14. **HB0744_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291196)
15. **HB0744_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291249)
16. **HB0744_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293932)
17. **HB0744_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294036)
18. **HB0744_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302869)
19. **HB0744_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291094)
20. **HB0744_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313013)
21. **HB0744_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322515)
22. **HB0744_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322516)
23. **HB0744_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324900)
24. **HB0744_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326848)
25. **HB0744_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327040)
26. **HB0744_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327041)
27. **HB0744_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313014)
28. **HB0744_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313633)
29. **HB0744_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313634)
30. **HB0744_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315183)
31. **HB0744_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315184)
32. **HB0744_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317252)
33. **HB0744_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320769)
34. **HB0744_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322514)
35. **HB0744_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313012)
36. **LC3376.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286157)

## Votes

- do_pass_as_amended — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melissa Nikolakakos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-14T16:51:28+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-14T16:51:28+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-20T17:31:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-20T18:12:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-22T22:00:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-23T00:24:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-23T01:23:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-23T20:14:01+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-24T16:31:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-25T16:10:37+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-25T18:50:03+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T20:06:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-25T23:34:21+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-02-28T20:14:09+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-01T20:12:02+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T22:45:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T01:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:37:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:34:22+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18T22:41:50+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T15:07:21+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-02T15:53:20+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-02T19:50:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T20:45:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17T19:23:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-17T19:24:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-19T20:36:26+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T15:00:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01T20:30:56+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:48:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-08T17:11:09+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T18:53:42+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/384549a5-c07b-4678-bc0a-08240b577e2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).