---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise labor laws relating to the employment of minors"
description: "Revise labor laws relating to the employment of minors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 282"
citation: "Montana HB 282 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family Law (see also: Minors)", "Labor and Employment (see also: Unemployment Insurance; Workers' Comp)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fred Anderson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-11"
last_action: "2021-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/692024bb-a513-4bb9-b62e-7bc66c7c688f"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=282&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "508a23ff3c5c9182cb3d62cbe0d896429e286365b40356554e5beb1ad1e89b7a"
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 282 (2021) — Revise labor laws relating to the employment of minors

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0282_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0282_1.pdf)
2. **HB0282_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0282_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0282.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **90–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fred Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-11** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-04** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-08** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-20** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-29** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-01** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-02-09** Sponsor List Modified
- **2021-02-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-12** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-15** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** 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
- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-16** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-17** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Returned to House
- **2021-03-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-23** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-26** Signed by President
- **2021-03-26** 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/692024bb-a513-4bb9-b62e-7bc66c7c688f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).