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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Revise laws related to physical and mental evaluations for professional licenses"
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description: "Revise laws related to physical and mental evaluations for professional licenses"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
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legislature: "Montana Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 238"
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citation: "Montana HB 238 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health", "Professions and Occupations Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jodee Etchart"]
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version_count: 30
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-09-09T20:59:33+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-17T17:32:36+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd82401b-627e-401a-bf1f-24c1cd190894"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0217?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "8a87c2063b345c924ae1a5340ebbd646be433cb673dca6ed60e1d60450052c00"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
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---
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# Montana HB 238 (2025) — Revise laws related to physical and mental evaluations for professional licenses
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB0238.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278639)
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2. **HB0238.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279440)
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3. **HB0238.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278638)
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4. **HB0238_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272433)
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5. **HB0238_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275346)
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6. **HB0238_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276396)
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7. **HB0238_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279688)
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8. **HB0238_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279689)
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9. **HB0238_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279690)
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10. **HB0238_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279691)
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11. **HB0238_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272223)
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12. **HB0238_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279693)
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13. **HB0238_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279695)
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14. **HB0238_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279697)
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15. **HB0238_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279773)
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16. **HB0238_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279774)
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17. **HB0238_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279775)
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18. **HB0238_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281711)
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19. **HB0238_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295880)
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20. **HB0238_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279692)
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21. **HB0238_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316422)
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22. **HB0238_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316423)
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23. **HB0238_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316424)
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24. **HB0238_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317377)
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25. **HB0238_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320839)
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26. **HB0238_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324326)
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27. **HB0238_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325665)
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28. **HB0238_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327272)
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29. **HB0238_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310666)
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30. **LC0217.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269647)
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## Votes
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- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- do_pass_as_amended — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jodee Etchart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-09-09T20:59:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2024-12-30T16:05:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2024-12-30T17:34:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2024-12-30T22:33:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2024-12-31T23:00:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-01-01T14:32:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-01-06T15:15:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-01-16T19:07:42+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-01-16T22:13:18+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-01-16T22:47:32+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
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- **2025-01-17T16:13:57+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-17T20:54:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-20T22:19:57+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
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- **2025-01-21T00:48:46+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
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- **2025-01-21T20:21:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
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- **2025-01-22T02:49:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2025-01-23T19:06:51+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Business and Labor
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- **2025-01-29T22:32:23+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
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- **2025-02-05T17:46:36+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-05T18:05:53+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-05T21:51:27+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-11T20:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-02-12T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12T21:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12T22:19:56+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-02-13T20:14:21+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-21T18:43:04+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27T21:23:38+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-02-28T20:20:33+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-07T23:16:28+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-15T16:31:14+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-20T17:31:39+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-20T21:46:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-27T23:00:58+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-28T20:01:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31T21:09:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31T21:10:07+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-04-02T18:40:51+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-04-07T18:00:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-09T17:30:28+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-04-09T19:50:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-16T13:16:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-17T17:32:36+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd82401b-627e-401a-bf1f-24c1cd190894`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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