---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide licensure exemptions for military family child care providers"
description: "Provide licensure exemptions for military family child care providers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 336"
citation: "Montana HB 336 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law (see also: Minors)", "Military Affairs", "Minors (see also: Family Law)", "Professions and Occupations Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-17T22:38:50+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-20T22:10:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/562fb25e-2e59-44b5-aee8-acafe4a7c9cb"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1291"
source_hash: "09d5094c50d1edb53c91e4fbbd03b6caaac71b7d70f487f708f328893ba12a00"
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 336 (2023) — Provide licensure exemptions for military family child care providers

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0336.001.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6849)
2. **HB0336.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6850)
3. **HB0336_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6853)
4. **HB0336_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6852)
5. **HB0336_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6851)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T22:10:59+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-20T16:21:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-05T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-04T20:15:25+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T20:38:30+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-22T22:21:09+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-22T21:22:39+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-21T20:15:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T19:18:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T14:30:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T18:24:09+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T20:45:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23T16:35:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-22T21:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T21:32:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15T21:00:41+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-15T20:09:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14T00:17:41+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-02T22:00:03+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-27T20:42:04+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27T19:01:27+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-27T16:13:34+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T21:31:15+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-25T22:06:11+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-25T17:09:24+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-24T16:06:44+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-24T16:06:38+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-24T12:28:55+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-24T02:35:08+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-23T21:10:00+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-23T21:09:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-23T16:15:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-23T01:34:34+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-19T15:53:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-19T04:28:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-17T21:22:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-17T22:38:50+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/562fb25e-2e59-44b5-aee8-acafe4a7c9cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).