--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise workers' compensation insurance related to who may receive payments" description: "Revise workers' compensation insurance related to who may receive payments" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 338" citation: "Montana SB 338 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Workers' Compensation"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"] version_count: 15 action_count: 42 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-22T17:33:27+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-17T19:52:18+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c487bd32-04a2-4468-81c1-9c896cfe85c7" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1805?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "21cf5413c4b8eea99f4f9b74935ba49820d2a5d56cb7bd88e19cc60f0933baa0" 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 SB 338 (2025) — Revise workers' compensation insurance related to who may receive payments ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC1805.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281784) 2. **SB0338_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283517) 3. **SB0338_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291828) 4. **SB0338_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296602) 5. **SB0338_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302450) 6. **SB0338_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283109) 7. **SB0338_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316642) 8. **SB0338_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317428) 9. **SB0338_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317429) 10. **SB0338_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317431) 11. **SB0338_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320859) 12. **SB0338_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324340) 13. **SB0338_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326358) 14. **SB0338_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327595) 15. **SB0338_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310703) ## Votes - do_pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Greg Hertz — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-22T17:33:27+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-02-10T16:00:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-02-11T00:08:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-13T13:46:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-14T16:28:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-14T21:11:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-15T19:06:42+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-17T16:21:58+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-17T17:17:52+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-02-17T23:18:23+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-02-18T01:12:26+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-21T00:25:58+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-02-26T18:50:35+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-02-26T20:17:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-01T15:48:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-03T22:05:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-03T23:21:46+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-03-04T17:40:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-03-04T18:27:45+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-03-04T20:09:38+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-07T01:35:23+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-07T16:46:54+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-03-07T16:46:59+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-03-07T16:47:27+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-03-14T15:47:25+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-03-14T15:47:34+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned - **2025-03-17T12:46:41+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-03-21T17:36:42+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-21T19:37:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-31T20:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-01T20:13:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-01T20:13:22+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-02T22:44:12+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-07T16:00:02+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-08T16:15:25+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-16T18:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-17T19:52:18+00:00** 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/c487bd32-04a2-4468-81c1-9c896cfe85c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).