--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise medical resident licensure laws" description: "Revise medical resident licensure laws" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 347" citation: "Montana SB 347 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Health Care Services", "Professions and Occupations Generally"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Sue Vinton"] version_count: 15 action_count: 35 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-12-14T17:43:04+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-17T19:48:04+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3acdd0f6-800b-4b19-adfe-48165e89aa80" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3474?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "fc13168781c64c011a610d9c485996ad01e18a6f5adef5488c74916aa54d6dab" 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 347 (2025) — Revise medical resident licensure laws ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC3474.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282976) 2. **SB0347_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284313) 3. **SB0347_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291831) 4. **SB0347_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295404) 5. **SB0347_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302201) 6. **SB0347_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283493) 7. **SB0347_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316633) 8. **SB0347_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317423) 9. **SB0347_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317424) 10. **SB0347_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317425) 11. **SB0347_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320857) 12. **SB0347_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324339) 13. **SB0347_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326888) 14. **SB0347_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327814) 15. **SB0347_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310693) ## Votes - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Sue Vinton — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-12-14T17:43:04+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-02-13T14:46:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-02-13T20:59:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-15T20:20:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-16T17:25:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-16T18:54:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-17T19:06:26+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-18T15:23:12+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-02-18T15:30:47+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-18T20:11:42+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-19T17:55:59+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-02-22T00:48:56+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-02-26T18:41:03+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-02-26T20:52:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-01T16:37:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-03T22:06:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-03T23:21:48+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-03-04T18:26:31+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-03-04T20:09:38+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-06T21:58:04+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-19T17:16:38+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-20T19:24:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-29T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-29T17:28:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-31T20:03:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-31T20:04:59+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-02T16:54:46+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-07T16:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-08T16:00:47+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` - **2025-04-17T19:48:04+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/3acdd0f6-800b-4b19-adfe-48165e89aa80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).