---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employee Pay Plan"
description: "State Employee Pay Plan"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 13"
citation: "Montana HB 13 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Dooling"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-09-18"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b7b18d0-136f-42c7-948c-62657318f27c"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=13&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "7c00020bd2b77b9fd708b1dd519d49ebdeab6ce364b293055d69d1854831da53"
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 13 (2021) — State Employee Pay Plan

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0013_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0013_1.pdf)
2. **HB0013_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0013_2.pdf)
3. **HB0013_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0013_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0013.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **62–37** (pass) · lower
- Postpone Consideration-Carlson — **28–66** (fail) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **65–35** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **14–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **36–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Dooling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-18** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-19** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-21** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-08** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-08** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Appropriations `reading-1`
- **2021-01-04** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-05** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-06** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-06** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-06** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-01-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-28** 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postpone Motion Failed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-29** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Returned to House
- **2021-03-24** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-27** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-01** Signed by President
- **2021-04-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14** 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/1b7b18d0-136f-42c7-948c-62657318f27c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).