Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB261: Providing for procedural rule making authority to the department of labor and industry
Status: Signed into law, April 18, 2025
What the bill says
An act providing for procedural rulemaking authority to the department of labor and industry; establishing rulemaking in contested administrative cases; and amending section 37-1-101, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR PROCEDURAL RULEMAKING AUTHORITY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY; ESTABLISHING RULEMAKING IN CONTESTED ADMINISTRATIVE CASES; AND AMENDING SECTION 37-1-101, MCA. Section 1. Section 37-1-101, MCA, is amended to read: "37-1-101. Duties of department. In addition to the provisions of 2-15-121, the department shall: (1) establish and provide all the administrative, legal, and clerical services needed by the boards within the department, including corresponding, receiving, and processing routine applications for licenses as defined by a board, issuing and renewing routine licenses as defined by a board, disciplining licensees, setting administrative fees, preparing agendas and meeting notices, conducting mailings, taking minutes of board meetings and hearings, and filing. In issuing routine licenses for a board, the department shall issue a license within 45 days from the time of receiving a completed application or, within 10 calendar days, provide notice and response timelines to the applicant of deficiencies in the application or provide information as to any exigent circumstances that may delay issuing a license. For nonroutine licenses, the department shall confer with the board to which the licensure application is made and provide an expected timeline to an applicant for issuing a license, including notifying the applicant from that time forward of any deviations from the expected timeline. (2) standardize policies and procedures and keep in Helena …
Sponsors
- Close, Brian (D, 65) · primary sponsor
- Hunter, Gregg (R, 15)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (March 31, 2025): 45 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 28, 2025): 46 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 3, 2025): 94 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Do Pass (January 31, 2025): 98 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Rule Making, Labor and Employment
Common questions
- What is HB261?
- HB261 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Providing for procedural rule making authority to the department of labor and industry.
- What does HB261 do?
- In its own words: An act providing for procedural rulemaking authority to the department of labor and industry; establishing rulemaking in contested administrative cases; and amending section 37-1-101, mca.
- What is the status of HB261?
- Signed into law as of April 18, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (April 18, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB261?
- Close, Brian (D, 65), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB261?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0455
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