# Montana HB 13: State Employee Pay Plan Montana HB 13, State Employee Pay Plan, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by John Fitzpatrick (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-27 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB13-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 13 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: State Employee Pay Plan - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-11 - Last action: 2025-03-27, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: John Fitzpatrick (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Appropriations, Public Officers and Employees, Education - Post-Secondary - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (273 yes, 175 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More state pay toward health benefits: benefit, high. Eligible state employees and legislators get a $1,080 monthly employer payment toward group benefits starting January 1, 2026. That payment rises to $1,107 a month on January 1, 2027. Montana University System employees get $1,080 a month starting July 1, 2025, and $1,107 a month starting July 1, 2… - Legislator pay tied to average wage: benefit, medium. Starting with the session that begins in January 2027, each legislator’s salary equals 80% of Montana’s average hourly wage. For the session starting January 2029 and after, it equals 100% of that average. The average hourly rate is the BLS average weekly wage divided by 40. The senate president an… - Funds to carry out raises and benefits: benefit, medium. The state funds agency payroll and benefit changes. For FY 2026, it appropriates $23,884,212 General Fund plus $10,945,977 State Special, $6,404,838 Federal Special, and $237,519 Proprietary to implement pay adjustments, and for FY 2027 it provides $47,963,240 General Fund plus $21,947,655 State Sp… - Better in-state travel reimbursements: benefit, low. For work travel inside Montana, the state pays actual lodging costs plus taxes with a receipt. Meal reimbursement is 70% of the federal per‑meal rate. Departments can approve actual lodging or meal costs in special cases. Firefighters can be paid actual meal costs when those are higher than the lim… - State employee raises; old bonus ends: mixed, high. State employees on the broadband pay plan get two base pay bumps. Pay rises by $1.00 an hour or 2.5%, whichever is bigger, with the pay period that includes July 1, 2025. The same increase happens again with the pay period that includes July 1, 2026. If you are in a bargaining unit, you receive the… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: John Fitzpatrick (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Esp (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-20 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 38 | 12 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | AMD-HB0013.002.005 Vinton D/PASS | fail | 12 | 38 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 37 | 13 | | | 2025-01-27 | House | Do Pass | pass | 71 | 27 | | | 2025-01-24 | House | Do Pass | pass | 70 | 30 | | | 2025-01-24 | House | AMD-HB0013.002.001 Mercer DO PASS | fail | 45 | 55 | | ## Actions (35) - 2025-03-27: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-03-27: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-03-25: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-03-25: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-03-21: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-03-20: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-03-20: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-19: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-19: 2nd Reading Motion to Amend (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-02-22: Revised Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-02-21: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-02-17: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-01-28: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-01-27: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-01-24: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-01-24: 2nd Reading Motion to Amend (House) - 2025-01-17: Committee Report (House) - 2025-01-17: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-14: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-01-13: Revised Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-01-13: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-01-07: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-07: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-01-07: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-01-07: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-01-06: 1st Reading (House) - 2024-12-20: Referred to Committee (House) - 2024-12-18: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2024-12-11: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - As Amended (Version 3), 2025-03-20: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c480d4b3-dd15-4771-9e9e-7b0f5e4184dd) - Enrolled, 2025-03-20: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=485f9900-edcf-4810-b1e9-aca26a2a2a90) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-01-17: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=2e95f050-713b-41e4-b2c1-37a6b13e4ac8) - Introduced, 2024-12-11: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=65c9e991-f420-43b5-aca2-eda1f0faa42d) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) ## Sources - [As Amended (Version 3) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c480d4b3-dd15-4771-9e9e-7b0f5e4184dd) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=485f9900-edcf-4810-b1e9-aca26a2a2a90) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=2e95f050-713b-41e4-b2c1-37a6b13e4ac8) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=65c9e991-f420-43b5-aca2-eda1f0faa42d) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB13-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).