Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB64: Clarifying calculation of legislator compensation and expenses during the interim
Status: Signed into law, April 17, 2025
What the bill says
An act clarifying the calculation of compensation and expenses for legislators when not in session; amending sections 2-18-502, 5-2-302, 5-11-305, and 5-11-708, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT CLARIFYING THE CALCULATION OF COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES FOR LEGISLATORS WHEN NOT IN SESSION; AMENDING SECTIONS 2-18-502, 5-2-302, 5-11-305, AND 5-11-708, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 2-18-502, MCA, is amended to read: "2-18-502. Computation of meal allowance. (1) Except as provided in 5-2-302 and subsections (2) and (4) of this section, an employee is eligible for the meal allowance provided in 2-18-501, only if the employee is in a travel status for more than 3 continuous hours during the following (b) for the midday meal allowance, between the hours of 10:01 a.m. and 3 p.m.; and (c) for the evening meal allowance, between the hours of 3:01 p.m. and 12 midnight. (2) An eligible employee may receive: (a) only one of the three meal allowances provided, if the travel was performed within the employee's assigned travel shift; or (b) a maximum of two meal allowances if the travel begins before or was completed after the employee's assigned travel shift and the travel did not exceed 24 hours. (3) "Travel shift" is that period of time beginning 1 hour before and terminating 1 hour after the employee's normally assigned work shift. (4) An appointed member of a state board, commission, or council or a member of a legislative subcommittee or select or interim committee is …
Sponsors
- Flowers, Pat (D, 31) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (S) Signed by Governor
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading House Amendments
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments
Votes
- Do Pass (March 26, 2025): 49 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 25, 2025): 49 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 20, 2025): 90 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 19, 2025): 98 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 6, 2025): 39 yea, 10 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 5, 2025): 38 yea, 10 nay, passed
Subjects: Legislature
Common questions
- What is SB64?
- SB64 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Clarifying calculation of legislator compensation and expenses during the interim.
- What does SB64 do?
- In its own words: An act clarifying the calculation of compensation and expenses for legislators when not in session; amending sections 2-18-502, 5-2-302, 5-11-305, and 5-11-708, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of SB64?
- Signed into law as of April 17, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (April 17, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB64?
- Flowers, Pat (D, 31).
- Where is the official record for SB64?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0530
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