--- type: "Bill" title: "Adopt the dietitian licensure compact" description: "Adopt the dietitian licensure compact" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 279" citation: "Montana SB 279 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Interstate Cooperation", "Professions and Occupations Generally", "Rule Making"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wendy McKamey"] version_count: 17 action_count: 39 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-22T20:57:01+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-17T20:01:04+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad9863c8-eae3-43dd-8c46-616b5c966586" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1890?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "594265b40d2dad356a3db04bedc3302a14ccf551a051c71b1f16c35bdbf76b18" 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 SB 279 (2025) — Adopt the dietitian licensure compact ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC1890.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277984) 2. **SB0279_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280543) 3. **SB0279_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289497) 4. **SB0279_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295403) 5. **SB0279_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300625) 6. **SB0279_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300626) 7. **SB0279_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279868) 8. **SB0279_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316587) 9. **SB0279_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317446) 10. **SB0279_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317447) 11. **SB0279_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317448) 12. **SB0279_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320863) 13. **SB0279_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322745) 14. **SB0279_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324972) 15. **SB0279_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326387) 16. **SB0279_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327609) 17. **SB0279_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310632) ## Votes - Do Pass — **45–5** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **95–4** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Wendy McKamey — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-22T20:57:01+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-01-28T23:28:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-29T21:02:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-01T00:54:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-01T20:37:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-03T12:29:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-04T01:03:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-04T21:49:01+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-06T23:59:01+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-02-07T19:27:45+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-02-07T20:24:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-10T19:01:34+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-02-12T14:49:50+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-02-17T21:33:07+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-02-19T00:53:35+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-02-19T22:04:52+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-02-24T18:04:58+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-02-24T20:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-02-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-26T22:10:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-27T20:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-27T22:07:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-27T23:22:06+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-02-28T17:27:10+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-02-28T20:19:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-06T21:58:03+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-19T17:15:53+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-20T19:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-27T21:28:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-28T19:36:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-28T19:37:07+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-03-30T16:28:15+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-02T18:00:52+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-08T15:45:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-16T18:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-17T20:01:04+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/ad9863c8-eae3-43dd-8c46-616b5c966586`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).