---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employee Pay Plan and revising laws governing state employees"
description: "State Employee Pay Plan and revising laws governing state employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 13"
citation: "Montana HB 13 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Public Officers and Employees", "University System (see also: Colleges)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-07-14T20:38:31+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T22:51:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8b16809-cb8a-4e6e-870a-9bd255480f57"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0013"
source_hash: "3956706fec2c033ee1fd336bbecf1ce050b8590fab542612728920603b442d29"
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 (2023) — State Employee Pay Plan and revising laws governing state employees

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0013.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2595)
2. **HB0013.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2596)
3. **HB0013_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2599)
4. **HB0013_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2600)
5. **HB0013_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2601)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **17–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **91–8** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **89–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-11T22:51:00+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-11T21:46:54+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06T16:25:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-05T22:45:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-05T15:50:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-03T16:57:26+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T16:56:58+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-22T21:34:29+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-22T21:22:19+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-21T20:09:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T19:54:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T16:59:34+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T20:28:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10T23:56:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-10T21:56:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T20:26:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-09T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03T14:17:37+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-02T17:18:49+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-02T17:18:39+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-31T01:27:19+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-30T21:02:05+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-30T20:09:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-28T00:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-04T15:17:52+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-03T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-03T21:51:29+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-02T23:47:28+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-02T20:20:39+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-02T18:18:53+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-20T19:19:27+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:50:02+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T00:03:34+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-12T20:27:20+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-12T20:27:19+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-12-01T20:51:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-01T20:28:49+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-01T20:05:00+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-01T20:04:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-01T17:19:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-01T17:02:50+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-29T22:20:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-29T18:20:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-07-14T20:38:31+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8b16809-cb8a-4e6e-870a-9bd255480f57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).