SB 456 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revise professions and occupations laws regarding dispensing of drugs

Senate Bill 456 revises professions and occupations laws related to the dispensing of drugs by medical practitioners. It allows health care staff, other than the practitioner, to convey dispensed drugs to patients at the practitioner's office. For this to happen, the practitioner must first prepare and seal the drugs with two forms of identification on the package. The staff member is then required to verify the patient's identity before handing over the medication. The bill maintains other requirements for practitioners who dispense drugs, such as registration with the board of pharmacy.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Signed Apr 17, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2025 · House Mar 27, 2025

How they voted

491
Passed
Total votes 50
Mar 6, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
31 Yea 1 Nay
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
39
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Apr 16, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Mar 27, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (99-0-1)
house
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-1)
senate
Mar 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Tom McGillvray
Tom McGillvray
RRepublican
MT
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