HB 62 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise laws related to the administration of MPERA

HB 62 generally revises laws related to the administration of public employee retirement systems (MPERA). It clarifies rules for disability retirement, including when benefits can begin and that duty-related benefits do not automatically convert to normal retirement at age. The bill assesses interest on payroll reporting errors that require retroactive contributions and allows for prorating service purchases if installment payments cease. Additionally, it revises definitions of "allowance" and "compensation," aligns working retiree limits across various systems, and updates required minimum distribution rules to comply with federal law, affecting public employees and retirees in these systems.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Dec 18, 2024 Signed May 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB0062_X(1).pdf HB0062_X(2).pdf · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text lists the same statutory sections as before, but the formatting of the list has been altered. The change removes a line break and adjusts the spacing around the word 'AND', making the list of affected laws continuous rather than split across lines.
TECHNICAL

The formatting of the list of cited statutes was adjusted to remove a line break and normalize spacing, but no substantive policy, scope, or legal requirements were changed.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 9, 2025 · House Apr 16, 2025

How they voted

3216
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 9, 2025
D Democratic18
16 Yea 2 Nay
88% Yea
R Republican32
16 Yea 14 Nay 2
50% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
46
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 8, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 16, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (96-2-2)
house
Apr 9, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-16-2)
senate
Apr 9, 2025
Introduced
(S) Returned to House with Amendments
upper
Apr 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) State Administration
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) State Administration
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Jan 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) State Administration
lower
Jan 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) State Administration
lower
Dec 20, 2024
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Dec 18, 2024
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Julie Darling
Julie Darling
RRepublican
MT
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