---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer licensing of emergency medical providers to the department of labor and industry"
description: "Transfer licensing of emergency medical providers to the department of labor and industry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 518"
citation: "Montana SB 518 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Services", "Health", "Health Care Services", "Professions and Occupations E-N"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Derek Harvey"]
version_count: 27
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-10T22:54:52+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T14:33:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34953ab0-5897-436d-bbf5-0d8454c6bc61"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2675?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "7c3374d101ff00380c0bffca3089368e39e2b1f6caab588e8af3f14bff94bb1e"
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 518 (2025) — Transfer licensing of emergency medical providers to the department of labor and industry

## Version chain

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

1. **LC2675.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286648)
2. **SB0518_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289330)
3. **SB0518_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293553)
4. **SB0518_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293721)
5. **SB0518_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300104)
6. **SB0518_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309289)
7. **SB0518_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309290)
8. **SB0518_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288189)
9. **SB0518_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309293)
10. **SB0518_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320511)
11. **SB0518_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322023)
12. **SB0518_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322024)
13. **SB0518_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322025)
14. **SB0518_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324781)
15. **SB0518_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325201)
16. **SB0518_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325202)
17. **SB0518_X(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325203)
18. **SB0518_X(18).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326664)
19. **SB0518_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309295)
20. **SB0518_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309478)
21. **SB0518_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309479)
22. **SB0518_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309480)
23. **SB0518_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309649)
24. **SB0518_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309650)
25. **SB0518_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311000)
26. **SB0518_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316936)
27. **SB0518_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309291)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **42–7** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **84–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **85–14** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Derek Harvey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-10T22:54:52+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-19T16:16:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-19T16:57:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-24T18:23:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-24T21:44:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-24T21:53:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T23:56:00+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-25T21:27:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-26T16:15:44+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-26T16:21:35+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-26T20:35:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-27T00:36:18+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T20:23:17+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-04T19:11:44+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T20:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T21:46:01+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-04T21:46:08+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-03-05T18:37:47+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T23:11:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T00:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T01:53:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T16:19:14+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-17T15:28:19+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T21:10:10+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-28T17:17:10+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-29T15:20:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-04-11T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T19:43:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:01:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:02:07+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-14T14:25:14+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:15:16+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:00:05+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T19:21:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T14:33:39+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/34953ab0-5897-436d-bbf5-0d8454c6bc61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).