Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB140: Adopting the social work licensure compact
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act providing for a multistate license for social workers; providing definitions; and providing rulemaking authority.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MULTISTATE LICENSE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AND PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Enactment -- provisions. The social work licensure compact is enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining the compact, in the form substantially as follows: SECTION PURPOSE The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of regulated social workers by improving public access to competent social work services. The compact preserves the regulatory authority of states to protect public health and safety through the current system of state licensure. This compact is designed to achieve the following (2) reduce overly burdensome and duplicative requirements associated with holding multiple licenses; (3) enhance the member states' ability to protect the public's health and safety; (4) encourage the cooperation of member states in regulating multistate practice; (5) promote mobility and address workforce shortages by eliminating the necessity for licenses in multiple states by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses; (6) support military families; (7) facilitate the exchange of licensure and disciplinary information among member states; (8) authorize all member states to hold a regulated social worker accountable for abiding by a member state's laws, regulations, and applicable professional standards in …
Sponsors
- Kerr-Carpenter, Emma (D, 23) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Taken from Table in Committee
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
Subjects: Social Services, Rule Making, Professions and Occupations O-Z
Common questions
- What is SB140?
- SB140 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Adopting the social work licensure compact.
- What does SB140 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act providing for a multistate license for social workers; providing definitions; and providing rulemaking authority.".
- What is the status of SB140?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB140?
- Kerr-Carpenter, Emma (D, 23).
- Where is the official record for SB140?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0635
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