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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise the wrongful discharge act"
+description: "Revise the wrongful discharge act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 254"
+citation: "Montana HB 254 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Labor and Employment (see also: Unemployment Insurance; Workers' Comp)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-10-23"
+last_action: "2021-04-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80bf7dec-e3b3-4307-ace2-f3ed2d9c649e"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=254&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "7bf95e1e1c623a9e693fedf21f7b23d9a84a02e3eb360e4f762931f6d064854a"
+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 254 (2021) — Revise the wrongful discharge act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0254_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0254_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0254_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0254_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0254_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0254_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0254.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **6–5** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **66–34** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **28–22** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **65–35** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–8** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **28–22** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-23** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-01-13** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-14** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-20** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-20** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-20** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-26** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-26** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-03** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2021-02-03** Amendments Available
+- **2021-02-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-09** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-10** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-10** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-11** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-10** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
+- **2021-03-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
+- **2021-03-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
+- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-16** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-17** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-17** Returned to House
+- **2021-03-18** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-03-23** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-03-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-03-25** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-03-25** Signed by President
+- **2021-03-25** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-31** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-01** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80bf7dec-e3b3-4307-ace2-f3ed2d9c649e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+