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HB206 • 2025

Revise electrical contractors presentation of license laws

Revise electrical contractors presentation of license laws

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Mike Vinton
Last action
2025-05-08
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about penalties, only that they can be issued by department employees.

Changes to Electrician License Presentation Rules

This law changes how electricians must show their licenses when working on jobsites.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows building code inspectors and job site supervisors to ask workers for their electrician license.
  • Requires electricians to display their license if asked by a department employee while doing electrical work.
  • Gives the right to report an unlicensed worker to the board or department.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Electricians working on jobsites
  • Building code inspectors and job site supervisors

Terms To Know

License
A document that proves someone is allowed to do a specific type of work, like being an electrician.
Jobsite
The place where construction or repair work happens.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify the exact penalties for not showing the license.
  • Only applies to workers who need a license to do electrical work.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

COMMITTEE

Plain English: Amendment 1 changes Montana law by allowing building code compliance inspectors and other specified individuals to ask workers on a job site for their electrical license, and it permits employees of the department to issue fines if these licenses are not displayed.

  • Adds building code compliance inspectors as individuals who can request an electrician's license from someone working at a jobsite.
  • Allows department employees to issue citations and collect fines from workers who do not display their electrical license when asked.
  • The amendment text does not specify the exact amount of fines or penalties for non-compliance, which may be defined elsewhere in the bill or existing law.
COMMITTEE

Plain English: Amendment 2 changes who can ask for and report an electrician's license on a job site.

  • Adds building code compliance inspectors licensed in Montana to the list of people allowed to request an electrician's license.
  • Includes any person professionally responsible for the job site as someone who can ask for an electrician's license.
  • The amendment text does not specify what 'professionally responsible' means, which could lead to unclear application.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-08 HOUSE

    Chapter Number Assigned

  2. 2025-05-05 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Governor

  3. 2025-04-25 SENATE

    (S) Signed by President

  4. 2025-04-25 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Governor

  5. 2025-04-23 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Speaker

  6. 2025-04-14 HOUSE

    (H) Returned from Enrolling

  7. 2025-04-11 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  8. 2025-04-11 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred

  9. 2025-04-11 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  10. 2025-04-11 HOUSE

    (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate

  11. 2025-04-11 HOUSE

    (H) Sent to Enrolling

  12. 2025-03-31 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  13. 2025-03-31 SENATE

    (S) 3rd Reading Concurred

  14. 2025-03-31 SENATE

    (S) Returned to House with Amendments

  15. 2025-03-28 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  16. 2025-03-28 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Concurred

  17. 2025-03-27 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration

  18. 2025-03-25 SENATE

    (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended

  19. 2025-03-25 SENATE

    (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended

  20. 2025-03-15 SENATE

    (S) Hearing

  21. 2025-03-06 SENATE

    (S) Hearing

  22. 2025-02-20 SENATE

    (S) Hearing

  23. 2025-02-20 SENATE

    (S) Hearing Canceled

  24. 2025-02-18 SENATE

    (S) Referred to Committee

  25. 2025-02-03 SENATE

    (S) First Reading

  26. 2025-01-31 HOUSE

    (H) 3rd Reading Passed

  27. 2025-01-31 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Senate

  28. 2025-01-30 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Passed

  29. 2025-01-27 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended

  30. 2025-01-27 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended

  31. 2025-01-27 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended

  32. 2025-01-16 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  33. 2025-01-15 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  34. 2025-01-15 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  35. 2025-01-15 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  36. 2025-01-14 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  37. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  38. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  39. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  40. 2025-01-10 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  41. 2025-01-10 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  42. 2025-01-09 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  43. 2024-12-15 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Revise electrical contractors presentation of license laws

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
- 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB 206
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 206
ENROLLED BILL
AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO THE PRESENTATION OF AN ELECTRICIAN'S LICENSE; AND
AMENDING SECTION 37-68-315, MCA.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 37-68-315, MCA, is amended to read:
"37-68-315. Presentation of license. (1) An employee of a private or public employment agency or
labor union, a A building code compliance inspector in compliance with 50-60-302, an employee of the
department, a person who is professionally responsible for a the job site, or an electrician licensed under this
chapter, or an electrician licensed under this chapter who is working on the same job site has the right to ask a
person who is working at a jobsite doing work that requires an electrician's license to present the person's
license. If the person performing the work is unable to furnish the person's license, the requesting person may
report that fact to the board or the department.
(2) An employee of the department may issue a citation to and collect a fine, as provided in 37-68-
316, from a person at a jobsite where the person is performing electrical work if the person fails to display an
electrician's license at the request of the department employee."
- END -
I hereby certify that the within bill,
HB 206, originated in the House.
___________________________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
___________________________________________
Speaker of the House
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
___________________________________________
President of the Senate
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
HOUSE BILL NO. 206
INTRODUCED BY M. VINTON
AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO THE PRESENTATION OF AN ELECTRICIAN'S LICENSE; AND
AMENDING SECTION 37-68-315, MCA.