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Panel backs stripping codified board seals from licensing statutes to save staff time

Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs Committee
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Summary

Senate Bill 227 would remove statutorily listed manual seals for occupational licensing boards and allow the state seal and digital application instead; Department of Labor leaders said the change would streamline licensing work and free staff time.

Sen. Wendy McKamey presented Senate Bill 227 to remove 14 manual seals currently codified in Montana's Title 37 licensing chapters and replace them with the state's official seal, which proponents said can be applied digitally.

"We'd like to eliminate the seals," Commissioner Sarah Swanson told the…

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