Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB313: Revise laws relating to wage transparency
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising laws related to wage transparency; creating the wage opportunity and transparency act; prohibiting wage discrimination by employers; providing exceptions; requiring the listing of wage information in job postings; providing definitions; and providing rulemaking authority.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO WAGE TRANSPARENCY; CREATING THE WAGE OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT; PROHIBITING WAGE DISCRIMINATION BY EMPLOYERS; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS; REQUIRING THE LISTING OF WAGE INFORMATION IN JOB POSTINGS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AND PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Short title. [Sections 1 through 8] may be cited as the "Wage Opportunity and Transparency Act". NEW SECTION. Section 2. Definitions. As used in [sections 1 through 8], unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Commissioner" has the same meaning as provided in 39-1-101. (2) "Employee" means a person employed by an employer. (3) "Employer" means the state or any political subdivision, commission, department, institution, or school district, and every other person employing a person in the state. (4) "Liquidated damages" means damages to compensate an employee for the delay in receiving amounts due because of an employer's violation of [sections 1 through 8]. The term does not constitute a penalty to the employer. (5) "Posting" means any solicitation intended to recruit job applicants for a specific available position that includes qualifications for desired applicants, including recruitment done directly by an employer or indirectly through a third party, and includes any postings done electronically or with a …
Sponsors
- Morigeau, Shane (D, 50) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Rereferred to Committee
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
Subjects: Courts, Rule Making, Wages and Salaries, Labor and Employment
Common questions
- What is SB313?
- SB313 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise laws relating to wage transparency.
- What does SB313 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising laws related to wage transparency; creating the wage opportunity and transparency act; prohibiting wage discrimination by employers; providing exceptions; requiring the listing of wage information in job postings; providing definitions; and providing rulemaking authority.".
- What is the status of SB313?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB313?
- Morigeau, Shane (D, 50).
- Where is the official record for SB313?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0120
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