---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for a legal employment and government accountability law"
description: "Provide for a legal employment and government accountability law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 226"
citation: "Montana HB 226 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["International Relations", "Rule Making", "Workers' Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Courtenay Sprunger"]
version_count: 30
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-19T21:06:50+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-06T03:32:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc8d4944-e456-4d52-b017-94eb3d6facc0"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1663?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "e3a22b141c712a924939190754dc7fb8a39313572bd6153a4939491d5cdde190"
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 226 (2025) — Provide for a legal employment and government accountability law

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0226.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274960)
2. **HB0226.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274959)
3. **HB0226.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304267)
4. **HB0226_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272209)
5. **HB0226_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275310)
6. **HB0226_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275973)
7. **HB0226_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275974)
8. **HB0226_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275975)
9. **HB0226_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275976)
10. **HB0226_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275977)
11. **HB0226_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276729)
12. **HB0226_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271862)
13. **HB0226_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275979)
14. **HB0226_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308259)
15. **HB0226_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308261)
16. **HB0226_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275980)
17. **HB0226_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275981)
18. **HB0226_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276052)
19. **HB0226_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276053)
20. **HB0226_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276065)
21. **HB0226_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276755)
22. **HB0226_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279377)
23. **HB0226_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304714)
24. **HB0226_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275978)
25. **HB0226_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316816)
26. **HB0226_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320392)
27. **HB0226_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324615)
28. **HB0226_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326312)
29. **HB0226_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310876)
30. **LC1663.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271033)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **6–5** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **87–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **89–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Courtenay Sprunger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-19T21:06:50+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-09T22:36:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-11T16:18:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-13T16:55:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-13T21:24:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-14T17:33:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-14T23:29:35+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-14T23:30:56+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-15T21:56:49+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-15T22:01:01+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-16T18:34:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16T20:07:17+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16T22:25:25+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-01-27T22:58:45+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-28T14:58:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-28T15:15:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-28T19:22:56+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28T19:47:58+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28T21:27:34+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30T19:04:13+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-03T15:44:43+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03T21:05:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-04T20:08:21+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-04T21:21:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04T23:11:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-05T16:51:46+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-05T20:29:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19T16:54:23+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T15:07:17+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-04T16:19:59+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-04T19:52:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-09T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T00:08:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T18:10:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T18:11:20+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-11T13:02:22+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-18T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22T13:30:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T21:04:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-06T03:32:36+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/dc8d4944-e456-4d52-b017-94eb3d6facc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).