Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB805: Generally revise workers' compensation laws
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act revising workers' compensation laws relating to claims; prohibiting aliens that are unlawfully employed from being eligible for workers' compensation; providing that an insurer shall close a claim in which the claimant for workers' compensation benefits has left the united states or certain territories of the united states while a claim is being made or ongoing; and amending sections 39-71-118 and 39-71-4003, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT REVISING WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAWS RELATING TO CLAIMS; PROHIBITING ALIENS THAT ARE UNLAWFULLY EMPLOYED FROM BEING ELIGIBLE FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION; PROVIDING THAT AN INSURER SHALL CLOSE A CLAIM IN WHICH THE CLAIMANT FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS HAS LEFT THE UNITED STATES OR CERTAIN TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES WHILE A CLAIM IS BEING MADE OR ONGOING; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 39-71-118 AND 39-71-4003, 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 who are lawfully employed, and minors, whether who are 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 39-71401(2), while rendering actual service for the corporations for pay. Casual employees, as defined by 39-71-116, are included as employees if …
Sponsors
- Nicol, Nelly (R, 53) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Fiscal Note Received
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
Subjects: Workers' Compensation
Common questions
- What is HB805?
- HB805 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise workers' compensation laws.
- What does HB805 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act revising workers' compensation laws relating to claims; prohibiting aliens that are unlawfully employed from being eligible for workers' compensation; providing that an insurer shall close a claim in which the claimant for workers' compensation benefits has left the united states or certain territories of the united states while a claim is being made or ongoing; and amending sections 39-71-118 and 39-71-4003, mca.".
- What is the status of HB805?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB805?
- Nicol, Nelly (R, 53).
- Where is the official record for HB805?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3090
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