--- type: "Bill" title: "Provide for apprenticeship programs for certain license types" description: "Provide for apprenticeship programs for certain license types" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 336" citation: "Montana HB 336 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Labor and Employment"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Curtis Schomer"] version_count: 20 action_count: 37 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-09-27T14:15:42+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-05T14:33:08+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05d549b5-1f95-47d1-9997-efa81f30a1d8" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0420?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "d165b5768fadd4f041c3e98ee45a8d3639ce7bb0f47e4112938ba7ab4b00d264" 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 (2025) — Provide for apprenticeship programs for certain license types ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0336.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288299) 2. **HB0336.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285353) 3. **HB0336.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296109) 4. **HB0336_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276890) 5. **HB0336_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307830) 6. **HB0336_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276891) 7. **HB0336_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277008) 8. **HB0336_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277009) 9. **HB0336_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277010) 10. **HB0336_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277013) 11. **HB0336_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299993) 12. **HB0336_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307266) 13. **HB0336_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307828) 14. **HB0336_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276773) 15. **HB0336_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316839) 16. **HB0336_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320415) 17. **HB0336_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324635) 18. **HB0336_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325767) 19. **HB0336_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310900) 20. **LC0420.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274438) ## Votes - be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **46–3** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **97–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Curtis Schomer — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-09-27T14:15:42+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-01-22T20:15:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-22T23:54:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-24T23:11:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-27T14:37:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-27T22:48:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-28T14:00:46+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-28T23:54:07+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-29T14:33:10+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-01-29T18:07:37+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-01-29T19:52:15+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-03T15:00:53+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-02-14T19:11:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-02-24T18:52:28+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-02-24T22:02:52+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-02-27T22:08:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2` - **2025-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-28T21:00:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-01T22:12:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-01T22:48:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-03-03T20:19:06+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-05T00:38:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-03-15T16:31:15+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-03-28T15:39:59+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-03-28T21:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-04-08T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-08T20:12:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-09T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-09T19:28:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-09T20:01:01+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-11T18:09:31+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-18T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-22T13:30:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-05T14:33:08+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/05d549b5-1f95-47d1-9997-efa81f30a1d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).