republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/sb-456.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise professions and occupations laws regarding dispensing of drugs"
description: "Revise professions and occupations laws regarding dispensing of drugs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 456"
citation: "Montana SB 456 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol", "Health Care Services", "Professions and Occupations Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom McGillvray"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-04T15:01:19+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T19:38:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80e07c65-a5b0-4c60-b03f-4b692e9d00cd"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0776?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "3ceaf9f617ba40886487ba10c65e6538d5ba6d99cf374fde0670e63b21bcf1be"
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 456 (2025) — Revise professions and occupations laws regarding dispensing of drugs

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0776.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286209)
2. **SB0456_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287905)
3. **SB0456_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293391)
4. **SB0456_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297517)
5. **SB0456_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299918)
6. **SB0456_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286992)
7. **SB0456_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299917)
8. **SB0456_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299920)
9. **SB0456_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317416)
10. **SB0456_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317417)
11. **SB0456_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317418)
12. **SB0456_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320855)
13. **SB0456_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324337)
14. **SB0456_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325985)
15. **SB0456_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327425)
16. **SB0456_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299921)
17. **SB0456_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299972)
18. **SB0456_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299973)
19. **SB0456_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299975)
20. **SB0456_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300150)
21. **SB0456_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300151)
22. **SB0456_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310598)
23. **SB0456_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316558)
24. **SB0456_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299919)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tom McGillvray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-04T15:01:19+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-04T15:01:19+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-17T15:35:59+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-19T23:39:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-20T18:40:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-23T17:05:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-24T02:20:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-24T13:35:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T18:09:41+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-24T22:52:54+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-24T23:00:24+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-25T00:52:47+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T20:06:54+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-25T20:22:21+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-01T14:30:19+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T23:58:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T19:37:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T20:25:43+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-07T17:13:31+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T15:57:03+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-24T17:34:19+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-24T19:51:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26T20:22:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27T19:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-27T19:48:08+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T15:25:01+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-01T17:00:37+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-07T21:45:38+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-08T14:46:28+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16T18:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-17T19:38:32+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/80e07c65-a5b0-4c60-b03f-4b692e9d00cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).