# Montana HB 296: Revising laws related to professional licensing injunctions and penalties Montana HB 296, Revising laws related to professional licensing injunctions and penalties, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Ron Marshall (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-05 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB296-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 296 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revising laws related to professional licensing injunctions and penalties - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-23 - Last action: 2025-05-05, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Ron Marshall (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Professions and Occupations Generally, Courts, Remedies - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (282 yes, 15 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Formal hearings and public notice for discipline: benefit, low. When a licensing board handled by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry takes disciplinary action, the case now uses a formal contested-case hearing under the state Administrative Procedure Act. Boards also must give public notice when they make rules under this disciplinary authority, follo… - Fewer court injunctions for unlicensed practice: mixed, medium. The law removes several injunction tools that once let the state or boards quickly stop unlicensed or unlawful practice. This includes striking injunction language in optometry and naturopathy sections and repealing two statewide injunction and penalty statutes (37-1-411 and 37-1-412). It also prot… - No misdemeanor for misusing physical therapy titles: mixed, low. People without a valid physical therapy license still cannot use protected titles like "P.T." or "Physical Therapist." The law removes the sentence in this section that made title misuse a misdemeanor. The title-use ban stays in place, but this section no longer sets a misdemeanor penalty. - Appraiser false-claim misdemeanor removed: mixed, low. You may still appraise property in nonfederal deals without a license if you do not claim to be licensed. The law removes the sentence in this section that made falsely claiming to be a licensed or certified appraiser a misdemeanor. The ban on misrepresenting your status remains, but this section n… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ron Marshall (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Josh Kassmier (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Mark Noland (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 45 | 3 | | | 2025-04-08 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 44 | 6 | | | 2025-02-06 | House | Do Pass | pass | 97 | 2 | | | 2025-02-05 | House | Do Pass | pass | 96 | 4 | | ## Actions (28) - 2025-05-05: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-01: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-04-22: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-04-22: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-18: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-11: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-10: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-10: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-15: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-02: Hearing Canceled (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-07: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-02-06: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-02-05: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-02-04: 2nd Reading Pass Consideration (House) - 2025-01-31: Committee Report (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-28: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-23: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-01-23: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-01-23: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=58e8a4dd-1ec0-46d0-b0dc-ab541f84b5fd) - Introduced, 2025-01-23: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8e715110-6185-4aa3-8c5d-12f8eceeb163) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=58e8a4dd-1ec0-46d0-b0dc-ab541f84b5fd) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8e715110-6185-4aa3-8c5d-12f8eceeb163) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB296-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).