---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify credit for military leave during employment"
description: "Clarify credit for military leave during employment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 362"
citation: "Montana HB 362 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-21"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63f5e8b9-a9fa-4d9a-9504-c60c49459595"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=362&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "7e9e2cbed1c8bfa19acbc9725f79c94d9ee10eb75c5ce02f6871b58886263085"
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 362 (2021) — Clarify credit for military leave during employment

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0362_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0362_1.pdf)
2. **HB0362_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0362_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0362.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-21** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-02** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-04** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-08** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-08** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-09** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-09** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-09** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-09** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-09** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-09** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-09** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-11** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-16** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-18** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-02-18** Hearing Canceled - (H) State Administration
- **2021-02-18** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-22** Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2021-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2021-04-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2021-04-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-13** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-14** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Returned to House
- **2021-04-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-19** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-19** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by President
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** 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/63f5e8b9-a9fa-4d9a-9504-c60c49459595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).