---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate fiscal agent as employer for workers'' compensation insurance"
description: "Designate fiscal agent as employer for workers'' compensation insurance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 346"
citation: "Montana HB 346 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Workers' Compensation (see also: Labor and Employment)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Willis Curdy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-07"
last_action: "2017-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20267b17-d987-4ce3-ac00-f06b3e0b6ad6"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC2101&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "cf29e55b9b172f32883e33251145991a730fcc66820e90b0aaa17f811dc2dbeb"
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 346 (2017) — Designate fiscal agent as employer for workers'' compensation insurance

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/HB0346.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Willis Curdy — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-07** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-23** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-24** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-24** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-24** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-25** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-25** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-25** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-25** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-26** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-30** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-30** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-06** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-07** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-07** Hearing
- **2017-02-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-21** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-22** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing
- **2017-03-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-10** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-10** Returned to House
- **2017-03-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-14** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-14** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-16** Signed by President
- **2017-03-16** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-23** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20267b17-d987-4ce3-ac00-f06b3e0b6ad6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).