Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB308: Revising workers' compensation insurance laws to remove the limitation on benefits to the state's weekly average wage
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act removing the limitation on workers' compensation benefits to not exceed the state's average weekly wage; limiting workers' compensation benefits to not more than $2,885 a week; and amending sections 39-71118, 39-71-701, 39-71-702, 39-71-703, and 39-71-721, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REMOVING THE LIMITATION ON WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS TO NOT EXCEED THE STATE'S AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE; LIMITING WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS TO NOT MORE THAN $2,885 A WEEK; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 39-71118, 39-71-701, 39-71-702, 39-71-703, AND 39-71-721, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 39-71-118, MCA, is amended to read: "39-71-118. Employee, worker, volunteer, volunteer firefighter, and volunteer emergency care provider defined -- election of coverage. (1) As used in this chapter, the term "employee" or "worker" means: (a) each person in this state, including a contractor other than an independent contractor, who is in the service of an employer, as defined by 39-71-117, under any appointment or contract of hire, expressed or implied, oral or written. The terms include aliens and minors, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed, and all of the elected and appointed paid public officers and officers and members of boards of directors of quasi-public or private corporations, except those officers identified in 39-71-401(2), while rendering actual service for the corporations for pay. Casual employees, as defined by 39-71-116, are included as employees if they are not otherwise covered by workers' compensation and if an employer has elected to be bound by the provisions of the compensation law for these casual employments, as …
Sponsors
- Harvey, Derek (D, 37) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for Appropriation Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Committee Executive Action
- : (S) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Revised Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Rereferred to Committee
- : (S) 2nd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Pass (March 4, 2025): 26 yea, 24 nay, passed
Subjects: Workers' Compensation
Common questions
- What is SB308?
- SB308 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revising workers' compensation insurance laws to remove the limitation on benefits to the state's weekly average wage.
- What does SB308 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act removing the limitation on workers' compensation benefits to not exceed the state's average weekly wage; limiting workers' compensation benefits to not more than $2,885 a week; and amending sections 39-71118, 39-71-701, 39-71-702, 39-71-703, and 39-71-721, mca.".
- What is the status of SB308?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB308?
- Harvey, Derek (D, 37).
- Where is the official record for SB308?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1836
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