diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/legislation_annotatable.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/legislation_annotatable.js.coffee
index ce9e9b8d7..f1df2927a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/legislation_annotatable.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/legislation_annotatable.js.coffee
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ App.LegislationAnnotatable =
   viewerExtension: (viewer) ->
     viewer._onHighlightMouseover = (event) ->
       App.LegislationAllegations.show_comments()
+      $("#comments-box").show()
       $.event.trigger
         type: "renderLegislationAnnotation"
         annotation_id: $(event.target).data("annotation-id")
diff --git a/app/views/legislation/draft_versions/_comments_panel.html.erb b/app/views/legislation/draft_versions/_comments_panel.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94523b557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/legislation/draft_versions/_comments_panel.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<div class="small-12 calc-comments end column js-toggle-allegations">
+  <div class="draft-panel">
+    <div>
+      <span class="icon-comments" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="panel-title"><%= t('legislation.draft_versions.show.text_comments') %></span>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="draft-comments-rotated center">
+    <span class="panel-title"><%= t('legislation.draft_versions.show.text_comments') %></span>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="comment-box" id="comments-box" style="display: none;">
+    <div class="comment-header">
+      <span class="icon-comment" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+      <div class="comment-number"><%= t('legislation.draft_versions.show.loading_comments') %></div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/app/views/legislation/draft_versions/show.html.erb b/app/views/legislation/draft_versions/show.html.erb
index 6bee874c4..d89926929 100644
--- a/app/views/legislation/draft_versions/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/legislation/draft_versions/show.html.erb
@@ -18,13 +18,17 @@
         </div>
         <span><%= t('.updated_at', date: format_date(@draft_version.updated_at)) %></span>
       </div>
-      <div class="small-12 medium-3 column">
-        <%= link_to t('.see_comments'), legislation_process_draft_version_annotations_path(@process, @draft_version), title: t('.see_comments'), class: "button strong" %>
-      </div>
+
+      <% unless @draft_version.final_version? %>
+        <div class="small-12 medium-3 column">
+          <%= link_to t('.see_comments'), legislation_process_draft_version_annotations_path(@process, @draft_version), title: t('.see_comments'), class: "button strong" %>
+        </div>
+      <% end %>
+
     </div>
 
     <div class="row draft-allegation medium-collapse">
-      <div class="small-12 calc-index column border-right js-toggle-allegations">
+      <div class="small-12 calc-index column border-right <%= "js-toggle-allegations" unless @draft_version.final_version? %>">
         <div class="draft-panel">
           <div>
             <span class="icon-banner" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="panel-title"><%= t('.text_toc') %></span>
@@ -44,34 +48,25 @@
           <div><span class="panel-title"><%= t('.text_body') %></span></div>
         </div>
         <div class="draft-text">
+          <% if @draft_version.final_version? %>
+          <section>
+          <% else %>
           <section class="legislation-annotatable"
                    data-legislation-draft-version-id="<%= @draft_version.id %>"
                    data-legislation-annotatable-base-url="<%= legislation_process_draft_version_path(@process, @draft_version) %>"
                    >
+          <% end %>
             <%= @draft_version.body_html.html_safe %>
           </section>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <div class="small-12 calc-comments end column js-toggle-allegations">
-        <div class="draft-panel">
-          <div>
-            <span class="icon-comments" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="panel-title"><%= t('.text_comments') %></span>
-          </div>
-        </div>
+      <% if @draft_version.final_version? %>
+        <div class="small-12 calc-comments end column"></div>
+      <% else %>
+        <%= render 'comments_panel', draft_version: @draft_version %>
+      <% end %>
 
-        <div class="draft-comments-rotated center">
-          <span class="panel-title"><%= t('.text_comments') %></span>
-        </div>
-
-        <div class="comment-box" id="comments-box">
-          <div class="comment-header">
-            <span class="icon-comment" aria-hidden="true"></span>
-            <div class="comment-number"><%= t('.loading_comments') %></div>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-
-      </div>
     </div>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/spec/features/legislation/draft_versions_spec.rb b/spec/features/legislation/draft_versions_spec.rb
index c7f761669..cd655ae4a 100644
--- a/spec/features/legislation/draft_versions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/legislation/draft_versions_spec.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ feature 'Legislation Draft Versions' do
       expect(page).to_not have_content("Body of the first version")
       expect(page).to have_content("Body of the second version")
     end
+
+    context "for final versions" do
+      it "does not show the comments panel" do
+        final_version = create(:legislation_draft_version, process: @process, title: "Final version", body: "Final body", status: "published", final_version: true)
+
+        visit legislation_process_draft_version_path(@process, final_version)
+
+        expect(page).to have_content("Final body")
+        expect(page).to_not have_content("See all comments")
+        expect(page).to_not have_content("Comments")
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context "See changes page" do