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type: "Bill"
title: "Create the Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity Act"
description: "Create the Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "Montana SB 234 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor and Employment (see also: Unemployment Insurance; Workers' Comp)", "Legislature", "Unemployment Insurance (see also: Labor and Employment)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon Vance"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-21"
last_action: "2021-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/915a112b-0099-4d7a-ba6d-d0886cc50f39"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=234&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "4fda6a0d62151736e7bd922fa2fa4d6337ac0410f1c8966fdd32bf08ed7e87f0"
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 234 (2021) — Create the Unemployment Insurance Program Integrity Act
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB0234_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0234_1.pdf)
2. **SB0234_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0234_2.pdf)
3. **SB0234_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0234_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0234.pdf)
## Votes
- Do Pass — **3218** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **155** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **73** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **7524** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **3119** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **7524** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gordon Vance — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-21** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-20** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-21** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-21** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-27** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-28** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-29** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-29** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-29** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-29** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-29** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-18** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-19** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-23** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-24** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Transmitted to House
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-03-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** Returned to Senate
- **2021-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-15** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-15** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-27** Signed by President
- **2021-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-27** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07** 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/915a112b-0099-4d7a-ba6d-d0886cc50f39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).