---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt certain students from minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements"
description: "Exempt certain students from minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Montana SB 218 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges (see also: University System)", "Labor and Employment (see also: Unemployment Insurance; Workers' Comp)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-07"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f35ac3de-ff3d-416a-816a-a81d4145f7eb"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=218&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "ac31ac28aad8ab00ca3ecaf578e9ded8594f6bc076ae264af401190bced3430a"
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 SB 218 (2019) — Exempt certain students from minimum wage and overtime compensation requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0218_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0218_1.pdf)
2. **SB0218_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0218_2.pdf)
3. **SB0218_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0218_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0218.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **81–18** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **71–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-07** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-15** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-24** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-25** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-28** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-28** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-28** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-12** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-13** Hearing
- **2019-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-03-22** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-04-04** Hearing
- **2019-04-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-09** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f35ac3de-ff3d-416a-816a-a81d4145f7eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).