---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify holidays for certain employees and create an annual floating holiday"
description: "Modify holidays for certain employees and create an annual floating holiday"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "Montana SB 87 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Derek Harvey"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-04T18:23:21+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-04T01:01:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a044683e-6ad2-4a0d-a518-ecef409f7615"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0112?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "dea20a3bab2444297ce64decc15cc82a5aeff49e016acb89181469f0a1cf3f23"
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 87 (2025) — Modify holidays for certain employees and create an annual floating holiday

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0112.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265452)
2. **SB0087_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269552)
3. **SB0087_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275152)
4. **SB0087_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276221)
5. **SB0087_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280277)
6. **SB0087_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280279)
7. **SB0087_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285550)
8. **SB0087_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296468)
9. **SB0087_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269551)
10. **SB0087_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296467)
11. **SB0087_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296473)
12. **SB0087_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320261)
13. **SB0087_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324127)
14. **SB0087_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325611)
15. **SB0087_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296549)
16. **SB0087_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296551)
17. **SB0087_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296593)
18. **SB0087_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305204)
19. **SB0087_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305205)
20. **SB0087_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305206)
21. **SB0087_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310738)
22. **SB0087_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316676)
23. **SB0087_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296469)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **76–22** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **78–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Derek Harvey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-04T18:23:21+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-09-18T17:03:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-09-26T13:39:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-10-07T19:40:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-07T21:57:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-15T22:02:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-19T19:59:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-27T19:56:53+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-27T20:54:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-06T21:57:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T22:09:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T18:05:49+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Legislative Administration
- **2025-02-04T14:27:45+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-06T20:38:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-07T21:32:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-07T22:26:31+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-10T17:08:31+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T20:15:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13T00:16:48+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Legislative Administration
- **2025-02-21T19:36:11+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Legislative Administration
- **2025-02-21T20:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Legislative Administration
- **2025-03-19T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19T20:04:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T21:59:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T21:59:43+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-21T16:52:28+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-26T15:15:42+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-27T18:20:37+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-27T21:34:54+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03T18:00:42+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04T01:01:56+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/a044683e-6ad2-4a0d-a518-ecef409f7615`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).