--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise real property manager licensing laws" description: "Revise real property manager licensing laws" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 442" citation: "Montana SB 442 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally", "Property"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Sue Vinton"] version_count: 18 action_count: 39 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-12-14T17:43:52+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-08T21:32:14+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f49c03a-c3bb-4058-8aa3-7073c64402dd" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3475?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "99d0e66427e438aa3b00993decd2a8480e678c4ee8a04e22537c667a332ce05e" 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 442 (2025) — Revise real property manager licensing laws ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC3475.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285862) 2. **SB0442_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287949) 3. **SB0442_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293523) 4. **SB0442_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293722) 5. **SB0442_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300105) 6. **SB0442_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309209) 7. **SB0442_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309211) 8. **SB0442_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286560) 9. **SB0442_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316917) 10. **SB0442_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320492) 11. **SB0442_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321911) 12. **SB0442_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321912) 13. **SB0442_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321913) 14. **SB0442_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324770) 15. **SB0442_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326890) 16. **SB0442_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327064) 17. **SB0442_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327886) 18. **SB0442_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310980) ## Votes - Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Sue Vinton — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-12-14T17:43:52+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-02-18T23:02:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-02-18T23:38:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-21T21:37:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-21T23:46:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-22T15:03:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-24T14:12:41+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-24T18:40:23+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-24T19:29:15+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-02-24T20:16:12+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-25T01:23:17+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-02-25T01:30:49+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-03-01T05:45:05+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-03-04T00:20:12+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-03-04T00:20:19+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned - **2025-03-04T15:55:22+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-03-04T19:02:16+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-03-04T20:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-03-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-06T16:08:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-07T00:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-07T01:58:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-07T16:18:35+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-03-17T15:22:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-17T21:10:09+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-28T17:08:15+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-29T15:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-10T21:20:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:43:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:44:01+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-13T13:55:39+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-21T22:00:17+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-25T20:40:10+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-25T21:18:10+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-05T19:07:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-08T21:32:14+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/9f49c03a-c3bb-4058-8aa3-7073c64402dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).