---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise public employee death benefits"
description: "Generally revise public employee death benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 295"
citation: "Montana SB 295 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor and Employment (see also: Unemployment Insurance; Workers' Comp)", "Public Officers and Employees", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Richmond"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-02"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96bb2c79-b196-442b-8d04-aa38a5fdbe27"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=295&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "590056231eb7c2a541ba4f2a028b44eeadf88ca981dc5c12168e1e0ba6b45cd6"
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 295 (2019) — Generally revise public employee death benefits

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0295_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0295_1.pdf)
2. **SB0295_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0295_2.pdf)
3. **SB0295_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0295_3.pdf)
4. **SB0295_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0295_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0295.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tom Richmond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-02** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-18** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-20** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-25** Hearing
- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-15** Hearing
- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-03** Signed by President
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-08** 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/96bb2c79-b196-442b-8d04-aa38a5fdbe27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).