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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Extend retention of employee settlement documents"
+description: "Extend retention of employee settlement documents"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 343"
+citation: "Montana HB 343 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Labor and Employment (see also: Unemployment Insurance; Workers' Comp)", "State Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bradley Hamlett"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae9edcc9-c6a1-40cf-a9f9-aaac236582a8"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=343&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "2724f3de9aa397f50c3264c76f52ea9ca9e79b7684d30b80aa0f0cb65c2b75fa"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
+---
+
+# Montana HB 343 (2019) — Extend retention of employee settlement documents
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0343_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0343_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0343_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0343_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0343_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0343_x.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0343.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bradley Hamlett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Draft Request Received
+- **2018-12-14** Draft On Hold
+- **2018-12-14** Draft On Hold
+- **2019-01-23** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2019-01-23** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-01-23** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-01-23** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-01-24** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2019-01-24** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-01-24** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-01-24** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-24** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-01-24** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-01-29** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-01-30** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-01-31** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-02-04** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-02-05** Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-02-05** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-19** Hearing
+- **2019-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-25** Sponsors Engrossed
+- **2019-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-02-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-02-28** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-03-27** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-27** Returned to House
+- **2019-03-28** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-03-29** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-03-29** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-01** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-09** Signed by President
+- **2019-04-10** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae9edcc9-c6a1-40cf-a9f9-aaac236582a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+