---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise workers' compensation death benefit laws"
description: "Revise workers' compensation death benefit laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 198"
citation: "Montana HB 198 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rule Making", "Workers' Compensation (see also: Labor and Employment)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Derek J Harvey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-14"
last_action: "2021-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a487f4e1-7057-4862-9320-7cdb5c26cdc9"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=198&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "3fade70c1091aa442cef11ba929b72223acf879404efeb06d7578836107762f7"
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 198 (2021) — Revise workers' compensation death benefit laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0198_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0198_1.pdf)
2. **HB0198_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0198_2.pdf)
3. **HB0198_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0198_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0198.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Derek J Harvey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-14** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-07** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-07** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-08** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-14** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-15** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-26** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-27** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-27** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-01-28** 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
- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-17** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-18** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Returned to House
- **2021-03-19** 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`
- **2021-04-01** 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/a487f4e1-7057-4862-9320-7cdb5c26cdc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).