Montana / State / 2025 Session
Ch. 29, L. 2025 (House Bill 72) Removed the 15-day limit on double pay for enlisted Guard members on state active duty
Until 2025, 10-1-502(3) paid an enlisted member ordered into active duty by the Governor at twice the federal rate for the grade, and then added that the schedule applied only to the first 15 days, after which the member reverted to the single federal rate. House Bill 72 struck that limitation with an immediate effective date, so the double rate now runs for the whole call-out. The adjutant general’s stated reason was to stop cycling members on and off state active duty at the 15-day mark. Tracked because the 15-day cap is still being published, including by the federal benefits libraries, and because a Guard member working a month-long fire or flood response is being told the wrong pay rate for three quarters of it.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done, House
- In committee Done, House State Administration, then Senate State Administration
- Passed one chamber Done, House
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate
- Signed by the governor Done,
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- Brad Barker
- Wendy McKamey
What it touches
- Mont. Code Ann. § 10-1-502
Catalog entry
Official record
Read Ch. 29, L. 2025 (House Bill 72) on the jurisdiction's own record