HB 769 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise labor law relating to computation of meal allowances

HB 769 revises the calculation of meal allowances for certain employees, specifically those who work night-shift hours. The bill amends existing state law to establish new timeframes for evening, midnight, and early morning meal allowances for night-shift employees. These allowances are applicable when an employee is traveling for more than three continuous hours during the specified night-shift periods. The bill also maintains existing provisions for non-night-shift employees and general eligibility rules based on an employee's travel shift.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Signed May 19, 2025
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What changed between versions

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MINOR
The legislative text for HB 769 was updated to correct a formatting inconsistency in the bill's title, ensuring the capitalization of the word 'WORK' matches the rest of the document. This change is purely technical and does not alter the bill's legal effect, scope, or policy requirements.
TECHNICAL

Corrected capitalization in the bill title to ensure consistent formatting between the two versions.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

464
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 22, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
28 Yea 4 Nay
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
44
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (46-4)
senate
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) State Administration
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) State Administration
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (95-4-1)
house
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Eric Matthews
Eric Matthews
DDemocratic
MT
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