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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Protect volunteer emergency service providers from termination"
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description: "Protect volunteer emergency service providers from termination"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
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legislature: "Montana Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 128"
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citation: "Montana HB 128 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts", "Emergency Services", "Fires and Fire Protection", "Labor and Employment"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
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version_count: 45
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-11-08T15:00:55+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-17T18:21:11+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02c6c5e4-6d54-480c-a248-ba52b08648cd"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0941?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "a1b85ee92d1ebe83aac1b4ae67dd5b10cd9198787f09caf8571a63cb652fb9c2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
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---
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# Montana HB 128 (2025) — Protect volunteer emergency service providers from termination
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB0128.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279432)
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2. **HB0128.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271873)
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3. **HB0128.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275023)
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4. **HB0128_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270117)
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5. **HB0128_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275164)
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6. **HB0128_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276232)
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7. **HB0128_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276789)
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8. **HB0128_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276790)
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9. **HB0128_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276791)
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10. **HB0128_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276792)
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11. **HB0128_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269965)
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12. **HB0128_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276794)
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13. **HB0128_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302743)
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14. **HB0128_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276795)
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15. **HB0128_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276796)
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16. **HB0128_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276838)
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17. **HB0128_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276839)
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18. **HB0128_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276842)
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19. **HB0128_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278530)
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20. **HB0128_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298831)
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21. **HB0128_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302740)
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22. **HB0128_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276793)
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23. **HB0128_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302747)
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24. **HB0128_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303562)
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25. **HB0128_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303563)
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26. **HB0128_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303564)
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27. **HB0128_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310676)
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28. **HB0128_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316497)
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29. **HB0128_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316498)
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30. **HB0128_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316499)
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31. **HB0128_X(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317389)
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32. **HB0128_X(18).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320848)
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33. **HB0128_X(19).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324333)
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34. **HB0128_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302748)
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35. **HB0128_X(20).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326036)
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36. **HB0128_X(21).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327448)
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37. **HB0128_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303555)
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38. **HB0128_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303556)
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39. **HB0128_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303557)
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40. **HB0128_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303558)
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41. **HB0128_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303559)
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42. **HB0128_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303560)
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43. **HB0128_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303561)
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44. **HB0128_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302744)
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45. **LC0941.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269425)
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## Votes
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- Do Pass — **96–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **35–15** (pass) · upper
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- be_concurred_in — **10–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do Concur — **36–14** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Llew Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-11-08T15:00:55+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2024-12-15T12:34:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2024-12-19T19:59:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2024-12-24T19:58:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2024-12-26T17:32:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2024-12-26T17:38:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2024-12-26T20:02:19+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-01-06T18:25:38+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-01-07T21:55:50+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-01-08T19:04:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-08T20:11:05+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-10T23:03:07+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
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- **2025-01-28T19:45:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-28T21:27:34+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-31T20:22:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-03T21:37:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-03T22:43:38+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-02-04T20:17:44+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-18T18:56:14+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-22T00:48:59+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-26T17:28:47+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-26T20:53:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-31T20:06:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-01T21:13:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-01T21:13:45+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-04-03T05:05:07+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-04-07T18:00:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-09T17:30:28+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-04-09T19:50:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-16T13:14:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-17T18:21:11+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02c6c5e4-6d54-480c-a248-ba52b08648cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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