republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/sb-262.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise licensing requirements"
description: "Generally revise licensing requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "Montana SB 262 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns (see also: Local Government)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Professions and Occupations Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Zolnikov"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 51
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-01T16:47:59+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T15:48:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63b5367c-0bf3-4ab0-a473-8b75b9777c6c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1954"
source_hash: "20f32fded8695a08c8f2e6c15fe79100c4403da7282ab797a195021b859d12ea"
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 262 (2023) — Generally revise licensing requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0262.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5472)
2. **SB0262.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5470)
3. **SB0262.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5469)
4. **SB0262.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5471)
5. **SB0262001SCS15248.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11131)
6. **SB0262001SCS19674.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11130)
7. **SB0262_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5415)
8. **SB0262_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5414)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **34–14** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **67–32** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–9** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **68–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel Zolnikov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T15:48:30+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-02T16:31:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-24T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-22T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T00:38:54+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T00:38:53+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-13T16:37:09+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-12T22:02:06+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-12T20:19:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T14:51:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T13:20:48+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-20T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T19:34:10+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T16:14:52+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-19T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-17T21:17:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T20:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T20:01:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14T20:05:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T21:45:09+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-03T20:10:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03T17:04:24+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-03T16:15:16+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T22:07:41+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-01T17:11:21+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-31T16:30:29+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-30T20:43:31+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-30T20:43:27+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-30T20:43:06+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-30T20:43:03+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-30T16:20:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-30T14:58:59+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-30T00:15:28+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-30T00:15:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-29T19:45:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-28T23:11:04+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-25T06:53:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-23T16:14:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-23T15:05:13+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-19T21:14:12+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-19T21:13:05+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-19T21:07:25+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2023-01-12T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2022-12-07T20:29:02+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-12-01T16:47:59+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/63b5367c-0bf3-4ab0-a473-8b75b9777c6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).