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Senate approves higher workers’‑compensation cap after contentious floor debate
Summary
Senate Bill 308 raises the workers’‑compensation maximum used to compute benefit payments; after amendments the cap was set at a $150,000 annual salary equivalent and the bill passed by narrow margins following a revote prompted by a system malfunction.
Montana senators narrowly approved a bill to raise the statutory ceiling used to compute workers’‑compensation benefits, a measure sponsors described as restoring fairness for injured workers and opponents warned could raise employer premiums.
Senate Bill 308, carried by Senator Harvey, would limit workers’‑compensation weekly benefits to no more than $2,885 — a ceiling that equates to roughly a $150,000 annual salary when the 66% replacement rate is applied. Harvey said committee…
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