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type: "Bill"
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title: "Provide for standardization of substantial equivalency determinations in professional licensing"
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description: "Provide for standardization of substantial equivalency determinations in professional licensing"
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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 246"
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citation: "Montana HB 246 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ed Buttrey"]
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version_count: 21
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-09-09T21:00:19+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-04T01:49:52+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/549f0316-e262-4c6d-9365-543d49e8ccd0"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0218?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "bebc24298582258954099eb43f73decd02b4f7972447fcaedbe56a42ec8bf1fb"
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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 246 (2025) — Provide for standardization of substantial equivalency determinations in professional licensing
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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. **HB0246_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272416)
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2. **HB0246_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275341)
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3. **HB0246_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276391)
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4. **HB0246_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279378)
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5. **HB0246_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290781)
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6. **HB0246_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295243)
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7. **HB0246_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272337)
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8. **HB0246_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295247)
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9. **HB0246_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320270)
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10. **HB0246_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324136)
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11. **HB0246_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325666)
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12. **HB0246_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295347)
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13. **HB0246_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295348)
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14. **HB0246_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295387)
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15. **HB0246_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305234)
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16. **HB0246_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305235)
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17. **HB0246_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305236)
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18. **HB0246_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310747)
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19. **HB0246_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316687)
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20. **HB0246_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295244)
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21. **LC0218.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269680)
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## Votes
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- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ed Buttrey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-09-09T21:00:19+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2024-12-30T16:17:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2024-12-30T17:46:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2024-12-31T19:13:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-01-02T16:16:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-01-03T21:08:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-01-06T15:11:44+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-01-16T19:08:08+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-01-17T17:48:43+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-01-17T17:56:01+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
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- **2025-01-17T18:38:30+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-17T20:56:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-20T22:19:58+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
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- **2025-01-21T00:49:30+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
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- **2025-01-21T13:58:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
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- **2025-01-21T16:26:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2025-01-23T19:30:38+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
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- **2025-01-28T19:59:51+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-28T21:27:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03T21:07:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04T21:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04T23:12:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-02-05T20:29:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-19T00:57:07+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-22T00:48:56+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-01T20:07:19+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-03T22:40:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-17T19:16:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18T20:30:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18T20:30:33+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-03-19T16:51:23+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-03-21T23:00:36+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-24T23:00:15+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-25T15:11:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-03T20:31:08+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-04T01:49:52+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/549f0316-e262-4c6d-9365-543d49e8ccd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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