2015 Regular Session

Reallocate metal mines license tax

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Providing requirements for Medicaid overpayment audits

Sponsor: Albert Olszewski

Generally revise laws re when certain individuals may be transferred to DOC

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Study fees charged relating to boards

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Revise education funding laws related to oil and natural gas production taxes

Sponsor: Scott Staffanson

Revise the replacement schedule for regular license plates

Sponsor: Randy Brodehl

Generally revise landlord tenant laws

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise laws related to constituent expenses for legislators

Sponsor: John Brenden

Provide for medicaid waiver protection for certain military families

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Provide for renewable resource bonds and loans

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Generally revise regulation of transportation for hire laws

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Provide for tax credits for contributions to public and private schools

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Revise board of livestock laws

Sponsor: Alan Redfield

Revise late filing penalties and extension laws

Sponsor: Scott Sales

Encourage manufacture of ammunition in Montana to ensure availability

Sponsor: Matthew Rosendale

Revise oil and gas laws related to the oil and gas damage mitigation account

Sponsor: Tom Richmond

Authorizing transfers to implement provisions of House Bill 2

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Revising laws relating to liability waivers and releases

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Geographic restrictions for sex offenders

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Revise K-12 funding laws related to oil and natural gas production taxes

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Increase coal board funding until June 30, 2017

Sponsor: Tom Berry

Promote Montana Indian languages

Sponsor: George Kipp

Require parole hearings to be video and audio recorded

Sponsor: Jennifer Eck

Cultural and Aesthetic Grants

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Revise laws related to late season cow elk hunts

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Generally revise pro-boxing laws

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Require POW/MIA flag be displayed at certain times and places

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Generally revise laws related to the regulation of feral hogs

Sponsor: Clifford Larsen

Create snowmobile trail pass

Sponsor: Kerry White

Revise military pay exemption from state income taxes

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Revising how political party may select committee representatives for precincts

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Revise unemployment insurance benefits for victims of domestic violence

Sponsor: Jennifer Eck

Assist local governments with federal land projects

Sponsor: Alan Redfield

Revise laws related to asset forfeiture

Sponsor: Kelly McCarthy

Revise definitions of game animal, predatory animal

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Create a pilot program to maintain and repair shared-use trails

Sponsor: Edward Greef

Require approval of county commissioners for bison relocation

Sponsor: John Brenden

Generally revise taxation of income, including the corporate income tax

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Revise state finance laws to received proceeds from Libby Dam water storage/use

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Generally revise USB laws

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Provide scholarship opportunities for higher education in Montana

Sponsor: Steve Lavin

Revise laws to incentivize access to isolated state and federal lands

Sponsor: Jedediah Hinkle

Revise vehicle security interest & title filing fees; driver license renewals

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Revise state land laws

Sponsor: Jedediah Hinkle

Revising late file penalty, filing, and withholding for pass-through entities

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Revise liability for forest or range fires

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Fund litigation protecting Montana products in interstate commerce

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Create education savings accounts for children with disabilities

Sponsor: Donald Jones

Update insurance laws to meet NAIC accreditation standards

Sponsor: Tom Berry

Allow for electronic delivery of insurance policies

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Require department of revenue review of tax exempt properties

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Add definitions for natural condition of stream

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Providing transparency for state-administered grants

Sponsor: Tom Burnett

Study membership-based health services to determine insurance, cost impacts

Sponsor: Andrea Olsen

Establish a study committee on patient compensation for medical injury

Sponsor: Art Wittich

Interim study of youth concussion protection laws

Sponsor: Gordon Pierson

Joint resolution for Interim study of statutory appropriations

Sponsor: Brad Tschida

Generally revise loan agreement statute of frauds laws

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Revise and extend the prescription drug registry fee

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise laws related to livestock loss

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Establish decennial school funding study

Sponsor: Kris Hansen

Generally revise public records laws

Sponsor: Donald Jones

Revise agency liquor store laws

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Creating the Healthy Montana Act to Expand Health Care Coverage

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Provide for school suicide prevention awareness training

Sponsor: Edith McClafferty

Revising workers' compensation and occupational health and safety assessments

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Revise funding for career and vocational/technical education

Sponsor: Donald Jones

Reauthorize the child and family ombudsman

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Raising pension benefit in VFCA

Sponsor: Ed Lieser

Revise privacy laws related to event data recorders and vehicles

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Increase assessments on owners of classified forest land

Sponsor: Jennifer Pomnichowski

Add motorcycles to liability insurance laws

Sponsor: Margaret MacDonald

Provide for uniform act regarding fiduciary access to digital assets

Sponsor: Mary McNally

Revising laws on reimbursement of certain Medicaid services

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Provide process for county abandonment/consolidation

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Limit liability for aviation on state lands

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Interim study on homelessness, mental illness, substance abuse, & incarceration

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Interim study on economic development programs

Sponsor: Janna Taylor

Revise distribution of sales and use tax

Sponsor: Bob Keenan

Constitutional amendment to define person

Sponsor: Matthew Monforton

Apply private motor carrier safety standards to certain publicly owned vehicles

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Providing for temporary legislative aides

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Interim study of MUS computer systems efficiency

Sponsor: Tom Woods

Revise laws related to filming law enforcement officers

Sponsor: Dale Mortensen

Interim study on fiscal note process

Sponsor: Kris Hansen

Generally revise laws related to temporary road blocks

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Provide ANB funding for 19 year olds

Sponsor: Mary Moe

Revise disposition of metalliferous mines license tax

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Amend insurance freedom of choice for practitioners

Sponsor: Robyn Driscoll

Revising the legislature's revenue estimating process

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Allow for optional DUI prevention contribution on vehicle registration form

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Provide military income tax exemption

Sponsor: Robert Mehlhoff

Increase price of license plates issued by MDOT for certain vehicles/trailers,

Sponsor: Jennifer Eck

Generally revise laws regarding alternative nicotine or vapor products

Sponsor: Diane Sands

Revise captive insurance laws

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Clarify offense of aiding or soliciting suicide

Sponsor: Gerald Bennett

Require drug screening & testing for temp assistance for needy families program

Sponsor: Randall Pinocci

Constitutional amendment to revise term limits

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Revise hunting access enhancement program laws and provide funding

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Interim study resolution on veterans memorial map designations

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Revise intangible personal property exemption and unit valuation methodology

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Redefine joint income tax filing status and terminology

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

Revise laws related to defensive medicine

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Clarify general fund transfers to research and commercialization account

Sponsor: Janna Taylor

Revise residential property tax credit for the elderly

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Revise air quality fee structure laws

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Prohibit use of tanning devices for person under 18 years old absent consent

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Interim study of law enforcement use of body-worn cameras

Sponsor: Bridget Smith

Study reasonable water use

Sponsor: Clayton Fiscus

Revise administration of taxes

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Interim study on passenger rail

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Revise claims history considerations in insurance policies

Sponsor: Mary McNally

Generally revise shooting range funding laws

Sponsor: Nancy Ballance

Study community choice aggregation

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Joint resolution to amend the joint rules regarding revenue estimating

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Resolution related to new legislative procedures for 2017

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Revise bicycle safety laws

Sponsor: Gerald Bennett

Require the publishing of a state phone directory every two years

Sponsor: John Brenden

Revising board of regents' authority to approve post secondary institutions

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Study gas pricing in Montana

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Provide taxpayers with additional access to confidential sales price information

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

Interim study to reform state liquor licensing laws

Sponsor: Christopher Pope

Include mountain lion in livestock loss program

Sponsor: Gene Vuckovich

Ensure local control of schools

Sponsor: Debra Lamm

Revise laws related to providing alcohol to minors

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise public intoxication laws

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Appropriate money for state-run mental health group home

Sponsor: Casey Schreiner

Revenue estimating resolution

Sponsor: Mike Miller

Revise prevailing wage laws to match local government contracting

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Revise law for signage warning drivers of a school bus stop ahead

Sponsor: Carolyn Pease-Lopez

Generally revise building code program laws

Sponsor: Zac Perry

Revise laws related to health insurance navigators

Sponsor: Cary Smith

Interim study of Crossroads Correctional Center and oversight of that facility

Sponsor: Robyn Driscoll

Provide for higher education seeded savings accounts

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Generally revise bail bond laws

Sponsor: Gordon Vance

Enforce provisions of the enabling act regarding sale of public lands

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Revise Montana's probate code

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Provide for statewide infrastructure.

Sponsor: John Brenden

Study state assumption of federal dredge and fill permitting

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Revise regional water laws

Sponsor: Bridget Smith

Authorize direct primary care provider plans

Sponsor: Matthew Rosendale

Confirm Governor's appointees to the fish and wildlife commission

Sponsor: John Brenden

Revise medicaid in home care services fraud prevention laws

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise laws regarding state agency use of recovered indirect costs

Sponsor: John Brenden

Revise rural improvement district laws

Sponsor: Seth Berglee

Add state soil as a new state symbol

Sponsor: Jennifer Pomnichowski

Revise securities multilevel marketing laws

Sponsor: Gordon Pierson

Provide extraterritoriality option for workers' compensation

Sponsor: Mike Miller

Clarify vehicle owner's privacy rights for event data recorders

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Require TMDL development for certain water bodies

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Resolution requesting performance audit of data collection by OPI

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Interim study on historic road right-of-way acquisition

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Revise Workers Compensation Laws Related To Administrative Expenses

Sponsor: Gordon Vance

Provide for reclamation and development grants

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Requiring physical presence of practitioners when performing abortion services

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Confirm Governor's appointees to state parks and recreation board

Sponsor: John Brenden

Generally revise income tax laws

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revise treasure state endowment program laws

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Referendum to require special election for vacancy in the U.S. Senate or House

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Require certain pipeline information be publicly available

Sponsor: Matthew Rosendale

Revise right to know laws related to attorney fees

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Public scoping process for FWP land acquisitions

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Require identification for legislative public comment

Sponsor: John Brenden

Generally revise concealed weapon laws

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Study net metering laws

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Appropriations by budget amendment

Sponsor: Nancy Ballance

Revise laws related to partner and family member assault

Sponsor: Nels Swandal

Revising the regulatory authority over the Montana state fund

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Implement CSKT water rights settlement

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Generally revise laws related to licensed addiction counselors

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Confirm appointee for board of horseracing

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Confirm Governor's appointees to the transportation commission

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Confirm Governor's appointee to commission for human rights

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Revise fuel tax penalties

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Generally revise aquatic invasive species laws

Sponsor: Mark Noland

Court authorization required for notices of no contact between landlord & tenant

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Confirm appointees to public employees' retirement board

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Generally revise landlord tenant property laws

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Revise allocation of oil and gas revenue for oil and natural gas impact projects

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Generally revise human trafficking laws

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Generally revise laws related to the courts

Sponsor: Kris Hansen

Confirm Governor's appointee to the Board of Livestock

Sponsor: Taylor Brown

Revise hospital district laws

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Allow suppressors for hunting of mountain lion and wolves

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Provide for recognition of Tribally organized business entities

Sponsor: Sharon Stewart-Peregoy

Clarify loss-run insurance laws

Sponsor: Tom Berry

Revise right to participate laws related to attorney fees

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Improve outcomes for youth in the children's mental health system

Sponsor: Ron Ehli

Revise interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Revise laws governing impact fees

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Prohibit request of online passwords as a condition of hiring or employment

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Authorize the attorney general to intervene involving timber reduction projects

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Regulate vehicle event data

Sponsor: Matthew Rosendale

Clarifying use of suppressed firearms to hunt certain wildlife is allowed

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Repeal the electronic government advisory board and transfer duties

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Providing academic protections for students called to active duty

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Facilitate cabin and home-site sales

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Create a deferred retirement option plan (DROP) in Hwy Patrol Retirement Plan

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Require insurance coverage for children with down syndrome

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Revise reqts. regarding vehicle titles & auto dealers, wholesalers, auctions

Sponsor: David Moore

Revise K-12 school district expansion laws

Sponsor: Taylor Brown

Confirm appointees to barbers and private alternative adolescent program boards

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Confirm Governor's appointments related to business and labor

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Confirm appointees to board of veterans' affairs

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Confirm appointee for board of nursing home administrators

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Confirm appointees for board of aeronautics

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Study light detection and ranging data

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Establish a Montana trade center in Calgary

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Require electronic reporting of pseudoephedrine sales

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Resolution to recognize military service of Montanans

Sponsor: Clifford Larsen

Study next-generation 9-1-1

Sponsor: Tom Steenberg

Revise laws regarding legal fences

Sponsor: Bill Harris

Generally revise administrative laws of the MPERA retirement systems

Sponsor: Tom Steenberg

Revise social security laws

Sponsor: Andrew Person

Revising retaliatory conduct laws related to landlords and tenants

Sponsor: Randall Pinocci

Revise workers' compensation dividend payment laws

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Allow for electronic address confirmation for biennial absentee ballot list

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Confirm appointees to board of oil and gas

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Confirm Governor's appointments to the boards of architects & private security

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Confirm appointees to board of research and state compensation insurance fund

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Allow electronic ballot for disabled voters

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Require agency reporting on financial assistance to tribes

Sponsor: Gilbert Meyers

Generally revise licensing of state operated health care facilities

Sponsor: Art Wittich

Allow the Dept of Corrections to set minimum percentage of inmate earnings saved

Sponsor: Robyn Driscoll

Interim study on ride-sharing in Montana

Sponsor: Margaret MacDonald

Prohibit candidate from serving as poll watcher at certain polling places

Sponsor: Virginia Court

Implement changes in Montana's food retail sales laws

Sponsor: Kathleen Williams

Prohibiting certain persons from distributing things of value at polling places

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Revise laws related to designation of an agent to assist an elector

Sponsor: Casey Schreiner

Revise odometer statement signing, filing, and transmittal processes

Sponsor: Steve Lavin

Define combined appropriation for exempt wells in certain cases

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Revise laws related to public service commission vacancy

Sponsor: Edward Greef

Revise definition of prepaid legal insurance

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Revise laws related to fee charges for surplus lines property/casualty insurance

Sponsor: Tom Berry

Revise laws to consolidate procurement accounts

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Generally revise laws related to volunteer firefighters

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Revise medical lien laws

Sponsor: Albert Olszewski

Revise the Montana Federal Mandates Act

Sponsor: Bill Harris

Interim study on eyewitness identification policies

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Prohibiting disclosure of media info from electronic communications services

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Address unlicensed practice for certain licensing boards

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Exclude certain vehicles on MT 16 from certain maximum weight limits

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Revise the administration and tax qualification laws of the TRS

Sponsor: Tom Woods

Establish reemployment provisions for MPORS members

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Authorize interstate healthcare compact

Sponsor: Nancy Ballance

Generally revise laws to expedite recovery of trustee sale surplus funds

Sponsor: Nicholas Schwaderer

Interstate medical licensure compact

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Revise reporting on state trust lands

Sponsor: Zac Perry

Allow water permit volume change due to incomplete use

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Generally revise energy laws

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Revise board of adjustment laws for conservation districts

Sponsor: Tom Berry

Generally revise laws relating to the public safety officer training council

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Generally revise local government fees

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Adoption of the uniform collaborative law act

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Revise the allocation of contributions in PERS & U-System DC plans

Sponsor: Sue Malek

Confirm Governor appointments related to education

Sponsor: Taylor Brown

Generally revise animal fighting laws

Sponsor: Tom Richmond

Confirm Governor's appointee to Montana Historical Society Board of Trustees

Sponsor: Taylor Brown

Confirmation of associate justice to the Montana supreme court

Sponsor: Diane Sands

Revise laws related to asset forfeiture

Sponsor: Nels Swandal

Revising the Montana uniform trust code

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Generally revise laws related to identity theft

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Revise laws related to who must register as a sex offender

Sponsor: Chuck Hunter

Revise board of adjustment appeal process related to county zoning

Sponsor: Daniel Salomon

Allow farm mutual insurer mergers and bulk assumption agreements

Sponsor: Tom Berry

Clarify fees charged in relation to licensing boards

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Revise defined contribution plan funding laws

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Exempt raw honey from requiring a license for farmers' market sales

Sponsor: Lea Whitford

Generally revise laws on the exploitation of vulnerable persons

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Revising terminology relating to mental illness

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Provide for an enhanced sentence for assault on a pregnant woman

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Create special event permit for certain wine sales

Sponsor: Brad Tschida

Revise zoning requirements for economic development districts

Sponsor: Edward Greef

Strike requirement to file campaign reports with election administrators

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Generally revise office of political practices

Sponsor: Ryan Osmundson

Establish the Montana unmanned model aerial vehicle act

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Revise laws related to a reduction in funding

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Revise occupational licensing laws to provide board of medical denturitry

Sponsor: Scott Staffanson

Revise oil and gas tax rates and increase distributions to local governments

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Generally revise laws relating to reporting of animal cruelty and abuse

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Revise laws related to aerial drones

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Revise nonresident hunting license laws re: Come Home to Hunt

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Prohibit certain diesel engine retrofits that produce excess diesel exhaust

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Revise notification requirements when a vehicle is involved in an accident

Sponsor: Kerry White

Provide for an apprenticeship tax credit, with an increased amount for veterans

Sponsor: Andrew Person

Generally revise boating laws related to DUI offenses

Sponsor: David Moore

Revise tax lien, sale, and title provisions re primary residence tax delinquency

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Remove sunset on the big sky on the big screen act

Sponsor: Kathleen Williams

Revise treasure state endowment program laws

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Allow oil and gas impact fee on lodging

Sponsor: Scott Staffanson

Revise restaurant beer and wine license laws

Sponsor: Jennifer Eck

Prohibit use of tanning devices by a person under 18 years old

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise local government property tax cap laws

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Provide income tax credit for volunteer fire fighters and emergency personnel

Sponsor: David Howard

Lower state property tax mills

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Revise net metering laws

Sponsor: Art Wittich

Revise oil and gas tax rates and provide funding to local governments

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Generally revise alcohol laws related to brewers

Sponsor: Pat Noonan

Eliminate term limits for legislative and elected officials

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Provide for an apprenticeship tax credit

Sponsor: Christy Clark

Providing an appropriation for sexually transmitted disease prevention services

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Require legislative approval for acceptance of federal assistance funds

Sponsor: Debra Lamm

Provide for building for the Montana heritage center

Sponsor: Roy Hollandsworth

Exempt portion of homestead market value from taxes

Sponsor: Clayton Fiscus

Revise compensation definition and funding in police and fire retirement systems

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Appropriate funds to defend state based water rights

Sponsor: Bob Brown

Provide for a tax on e-cigarettes

Sponsor: Nancy Wilson

Provide sanctions for frivolous campaign or election complaints

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Revise term limits for legislators

Sponsor: Tom Berry

Create OSHA laws applicable to private employers

Sponsor: Chuck Hunter

Create new judicial districts

Sponsor: Nicholas Schwaderer

Revise fish, game laws related to exhibit of license

Sponsor: David Howard

Generally revise medical marijuana laws

Sponsor: Robyn Driscoll

Revise driver license fee allocations to increase traffic educ. account funding

Sponsor: Jean Price

Native American and rural youth suicide prevention pilot project

Sponsor: Casey Schreiner

Revise supplemental nutrition assistance laws to provide statutory appropriation

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Appropriate money for crisis and transition technicians

Sponsor: Casey Schreiner

Prohibit perpetual care of metal mine after remediation

Sponsor: Nate McConnell

Increase funding for groundwater information program

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Constitutional referendum eliminating term limits for state legislators

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Provide funding for predator control

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Provide for property tax relief for seniors

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Revise education funding laws related to tax increment financing

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Revise rural fire district laws

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Generally revise local government laws

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

State Employee Pay Plan

Sponsor: Kathy Swanson

Creating broadband development fund through bonding

Sponsor: Kelly McCarthy

Supplemental Appropriations

Sponsor: Pat Noonan

Revise campaign laws related to robo-calls

Sponsor: Janet Ellis

Provide for mental and behavioral health screening for public school students

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Reinstate community services for individuals with special needs

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Clarify laws related to when and how to legally tag game animals

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Provide tax credit for higher education expenses

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Deduction for investment in measures to prevent depredation

Sponsor: Wendy McKamey

Create child abuse and neglect review commission

Sponsor: Katherin Kelker

Revise laws related to the fundamental rights under the MT constitution

Sponsor: Carl Glimm

Referendum regarding disqualification of judges receiving certain contributions

Sponsor: Matthew Monforton

Referendum for tax credits for contributions to public and private schools

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Increase penalty for blocking a public road

Sponsor: Mitch Tropila

Create coal train payments for counties

Sponsor: Nicholas Schwaderer

Constitutional amendment prohibiting an income tax if there is a sales tax

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revise laws regarding clerk of court fees for transmitting records

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Establishing the Catastrophic Health Care Costs Act

Sponsor: Art Wittich

Provide for income tax credit for residential property taxes paid

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revise education laws

Sponsor: Edith McClafferty

Revise horse surrender process

Sponsor: Alan Doane

Provide for an appropriation to increase access to playgrounds statewide

Sponsor: Jean Price

Require federal government to comply with air quality laws in Montana

Sponsor: Tom Burnett

Revise property tax laws for active duty military

Sponsor: Mike Miller

Establish limits on the supplemental nutrition assistance program

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Establish an oil and gas trust fund

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Generally revise minor in possession laws

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Provide for Montana earned income tax credit

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Provide income tax credit for engineering and science tuition

Sponsor: Art Wittich

Require wearing of hunter orange

Sponsor: Scott Sales

Generally revise indecency laws

Sponsor: David Moore

Revise residential property tax credit for the elderly

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Provide tax credits for contributions to scholarship organizations

Sponsor: Brad Tschida

Retain state prerogatives to allocate, administer, protect state water resources

Sponsor: Theresa Manzella

Prohibit exploding targets on state owned or administered lands

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Eliminate certain automatic utility rate adjustments

Sponsor: Tom Woods

Creating careless handling of firearms offense

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Amend laws governing small breweries to increase barrel production

Sponsor: David Moore

Allow for display of electronic proof of motor vehicle insurance

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Provide for a decree of dissolution without a hearing when uncontested

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Establish contracting laws for conservation districts

Sponsor: John Brenden

Revising indecent exposure laws

Sponsor: Robyn Driscoll

Generally revise public adjuster laws

Sponsor: Kelly McCarthy

Revise laws related to the central stores warehouse

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Require supreme court justices/district court judges to file financial reports

Sponsor: John Brenden

Confirm Governor appointments related to energy

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Confirm Governor's appointees to the board of crime control

Sponsor: Scott Sales

Confirm Governor's appointments related to agriculture

Sponsor: Taylor Brown

Prohibit texting while driving

Sponsor: Virginia Court

Revise laws to provide checks and balances for expanding affordable care act

Sponsor: Matthew Monforton

Revise social work, professional counselor, marriage and family therapist laws

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Certify incidental carbon storage

Sponsor: Tom Richmond

Require that all hydro facilities be classified as renewable

Sponsor: Debby Barrett

Establish a loss mitigation special revenue account

Sponsor: Randy Brodehl

Revise process to modify classification of state water bodies

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Revise unemployment insurance laws

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Revise and update funeral trust banking laws

Sponsor: Vince Ricci

Extend sunset for outfitter assistants laws

Sponsor: Cary Smith

Prohibit enforcement of new federal gun laws

Sponsor: Art Wittich

Revise campaign finance laws to authorize attorney fees for prevailing party

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Revise credit union laws regarding directors and operations

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

Revise the controlled allocation of liability laws

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Clarify eligible voters in certain local government elections

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Generally revise laws related to sex offender registration

Sponsor: Sarah Laszloffy

Revise grass commission laws

Sponsor: Mike Lang

Revise laws related to protecting victims of sexual offenses

Sponsor: Carolyn Pease-Lopez

Revise hunting/fishing license laws for critically wounded first responders

Sponsor: Margaret MacDonald

Revise laws regarding mutual aid frequency coordination

Sponsor: Pat Noonan

Expand use of petroleum mixing zones

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Clarify wind generation facility impact fee for local governmental units

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Authorize the public defender to award fixed-fee contracts

Sponsor: Margaret MacDonald

Clarify laws pertaining to assignment of road/street addresses

Sponsor: Tom Steenberg

Authorize state to be reimbursed for extradition costs as part of restitution

Sponsor: Mike Miller

Allow use of alfalfa seed assessments for leaf-cutting bee program

Sponsor: Scott Staffanson

Revise laws related to arson investigations

Sponsor: Vince Ricci

Joint resolution recognizing the significance of the Miracle of America Museum

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revise laws related to hunter trespass

Sponsor: Alan Redfield

Revising certain licensing boards

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Confirm Governor's appointee to the board of livestock

Sponsor: Taylor Brown

Revise laws related to adverse childhood experiences

Sponsor: Jessica Karjala

Revise jury selection laws

Sponsor: Diane Sands

Confirm chief water judge and associate water judge

Sponsor: Scott Sales

Confirm governor's appointee to the state tax appeal board

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Confirm Governor's appointments to the board of aeronautics

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Lower state individual income tax rates

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Repeal the Montana low-income telephone assistance program

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Revise req'ts/prohibitions for "vintage", "pioneer", "original" license plates

Sponsor: Nicholas Schwaderer

Revise electronic filing laws

Sponsor: Jennifer Pomnichowski

Provide for the Smith River legacy act

Sponsor: Zach Brown

Provide for state employment services on reservation community centers

Sponsor: George Kipp

Require bond for bison transfer

Sponsor: Gilbert Meyers

Provide for consumer opt-out provisions to prevent surprise medical bills

Sponsor: Kathleen Williams

Authorize counties to created elected office of election administrator

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Revise laws on public service commission regulation of municipal utilities

Sponsor: Cary Smith

Require 2/3 legislative consent for state compacts with federal government

Sponsor: Matthew Monforton

Revise election and appointment of conservation district supervisors

Sponsor: Jennifer Pomnichowski

Revise glass broker insurance laws

Sponsor: Ryan Osmundson

Make a third DUI a felony offense

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Clarify laws related to roads, access, and private property

Sponsor: Mike Miller

Reduce time period vehicle may be abandoned before removal

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Revise laws regarding pharmacists providing immunizations

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Increase Montana's minimum wage

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Revise laws related to process servers

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Revise membership of the multi-agency reentry task force

Sponsor: Casey Schreiner

Preserve the ability of Montana citizens to heat structures by burning wood

Sponsor: Theresa Manzella

Generally revise privacy laws

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Revise attorney-client privilege laws providing a crime-fraud exception

Sponsor: Matthew Monforton

Revise mandatory minimum penalties for unlawful sexual conduct offenses

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Generally revise campaign finance laws related to corporations

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Revise laws on sale to or exchange of park land with public entities

Sponsor: Zach Brown

Generally revise death penalty laws

Sponsor: David Moore

Revise motor vehicle title salvage designation laws

Sponsor: Kathleen Williams

Require state intervention in federal projects

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Revise public meeting laws related to the Montana supreme court

Sponsor: Matthew Monforton

Resolution against efforts to claim, take over, litigate, or sell federal lands

Sponsor: Ed Lieser

Generally revise self-defense laws

Sponsor: Randall Pinocci

Revise laws related to certain municipalities setting highway speed limits

Sponsor: Nancy Wilson

Generally revise DUI laws

Sponsor: Cynthia Wolken

Generally revise the selection process for the board of livestock

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Revise laws regarding pre-nuptial agreements

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Revise renewable resource definition

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Address discriminatory health insurance policy practices

Sponsor: Kathleen Williams

Require state agencies to coordinate with county local governments

Sponsor: Kerry White

Clarifying proper venue for prosecution of campaign or election complaints

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Generally revise campaign finance laws

Sponsor: Andrew Person

Revise laws and rules related to public swimming pools and spas

Sponsor: David Moore

Revise cash donation in lieu of land for park dedication requirement

Sponsor: Zach Brown

Revise laws related to property right sales

Sponsor: Bill Harris

Revise Long Term Care and Medicare Supplement Rating Laws

Sponsor: Brian Hoven

Increase the maximum speed limits, including trucks

Sponsor: Mike Miller

Revise agency liquor store operating days

Sponsor: Jon Sesso

Providing immunity from certain prosecutions for person seeking medical care

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Requiring conservation districts to make certain information available

Sponsor: Jennifer Pomnichowski

Revise laws related to subdivisions and recreational camping vehicles

Sponsor: Mike Miller

Revise natural resource development K-12 funding payment

Sponsor: Daniel Salomon

Generally revise process service laws

Sponsor: Gordon Vance

Revise exempt well laws

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Require losing party in litigation to pay litigation costs in certain lawsuits

Sponsor: Clayton Fiscus

Limit authority to regulate carbon to the discretion of the Legislature

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Require roads to remain open during a dispute over legal access

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Revise laws relating to the recovery of attorney fees in resource permitting

Sponsor: Tom Richmond

Revise laws related to corporate political contributions and expenditures

Sponsor: Gene Vuckovich

Revise laws with respect to protecting property rights

Sponsor: Randall Pinocci

Generally revise laws related to publicly operated cameras

Sponsor: Nicholas Schwaderer

Require MDT to consider growth policies and neighborhood plans

Sponsor: Nancy Wilson

Clarifying "electioneering communication" within election laws

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Revise coal board and impact grant laws

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Generally revise fish and game laws with respect to unmanned aerial vehicles

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Revise longevity laws for state employees

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Declaration of policy regarding foster parents and foster children

Sponsor: Edith McClafferty

Revise laws related to restorative justice programs

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Clarify school district open meeting laws

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Raise state minimum wage

Sponsor: Jonathan Windy Boy

Generally revise locksmith laws

Sponsor: Kenneth Holmlund

Provide rule-making authority for secretary of state to establish certain fees

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Full public disclosure of hydraulic fracking fluid chemicals

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Generally revise condominium and townhouse ownership laws

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Increase daytime speed limit for certain vehicles on certain highways

Sponsor: Jonathan Windy Boy

Require evidence of septic pumping within 3 years before sale of real property

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Revise admissibility in evidence of seat belt use laws

Sponsor: Nels Swandal

Revise laws regarding physician dispensing of prescription medication

Sponsor: Albert Olszewski

Revising laws relating to executing a power of attorney for a minor

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise when ballots may be prepared for counting

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Joint resolution to support passenger rail

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Resolution urging congress to propose the regulation freedom amendment

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Require plain language in public documents

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Clarify that wolf management funds may be used for public education

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Revise contracting laws for community colleges

Sponsor: Kenneth Holmlund

Revise the revenue estimating process

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Post bill of rights in public buildings

Sponsor: Bob Brown

Revise liquor laws

Sponsor: Vince Ricci

Revise information technology laws

Sponsor: Pat Noonan

Prohibiting use of credit information in writing personal insurance

Sponsor: Jonathan Windy Boy

Resolution to reduce Montana's dependence on federal funds

Sponsor: Tom Burnett

Revise water standards for E. Montana tributaries

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Eliminate certain automatic utility rate adjustments for taxes and fees

Sponsor: Tom Woods

Provide for expungement of records when a person is not convicted of crime

Sponsor: Dale Mortensen

Repeal statutory prohibitions regarding same sex marriage

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Require notification of change to retirement plan beneficiary

Sponsor: Virginia Court

Provide for pay check fairness laws

Sponsor: Diane Sands

Revise eligible billing item laws under medicaid

Sponsor: Nicholas Schwaderer

Revise definition of compensation in police retirement system

Sponsor: David Moore

Revise laws related to the legislative calendar

Sponsor: Kathleen Williams

Revise laws related to oil and gas development

Sponsor: Sharon Stewart-Peregoy

Generally revise laws related to endangerment and welfare of children

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Generally revise education laws

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Revise election reporting period requirements

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Prohibit discrimination of gender identity/expression and sexual orientation

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Revise laws related to oil and gas development

Sponsor: Mary McNally

Allow for establishment of recovery centers for certain health care services

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Access to birth control act

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Revise pretrial diversion laws

Sponsor: Nate McConnell

Prohibit 457 deferred comp plan from accepting rollovers

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Require recording of mortgages and assignments of mortgages

Sponsor: Bob Keenan

Amend state regulation of fantasy sports

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Revise DUI laws

Sponsor: Matthew Monforton

Revise laws related to multi-state tax compact advisory council

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Require election of city court judges

Sponsor: Dale Mortensen

Generally revise laws related to peace officer status for investigators

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Increase university system supplemental contribution to TRS

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Revise laws governing Montana heritage commission

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Generally revise Montana home guard laws

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise game damage laws

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Allow cross-bows to be used for hunting during archery season

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Provide presumptive disease coverage for paid firefighters

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Revise prescription authority for naturopathic physicians

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Revise farm animal and research facility protection laws

Sponsor: Theresa Manzella

Generally revise fishing derby laws

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Expand election day to voting days

Sponsor: Janet Ellis

Create a fish and wildlife enterprise fund

Sponsor: Moffie Funk

Provide for Elouise Cobell day

Sponsor: Lea Whitford

Revise unemployment insurance collections and integrity oversight laws

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Allow sharing of certain health care information with law enforcement

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Generally revise gaming laws

Sponsor: Casey Schreiner

Address homeless prevention for people under dept. of corrections supervision

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Revise U.S. Senate vacancy laws

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Limiting liability for title insurers of condominiums converted to townhouses

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Raise the legal dropout age to 18 years old or upon graduation

Sponsor: Robyn Driscoll

Revise national guard reenlistment or extension incentives laws

Sponsor: Ryan Osmundson

Revise administrative duties for licensing boards

Sponsor: Gene Vuckovich

Revise certain public service commission hearing and notice requirements

Sponsor: Edward Greef

Define income for eligibility for public defender representation

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Update laws on surreptitious viewing

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Revise state revolving loan fund laws

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Provide that state fees charged by the secretary of state are non-refundable

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Clarify department of revenue's uniform dispute review procedures

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Authorize the commissioner of political practices to deputize in-house counsel

Sponsor: Sue Malek

Allow spouse to restore original name as part of dissolution filing

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Revise fees charged for alcohol license

Sponsor: David Moore

Revise state bond sale laws

Sponsor: Jon Sesso

Eliminate license exemption for certain private adolescent treatment programs

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Prohibit genetic information discrimination in all insurance

Sponsor: Jessica Karjala

Provide aftercare for family members in cases of suicide

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Generally revise net metering laws

Sponsor: Randall Pinocci

Eliminate adjunct ministry licensure exemption

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Resolution regarding certain flags flown on university campuses

Sponsor: Carolyn Pease-Lopez

Revise graduation requirements to include civics examination

Sponsor: Debra Lamm

Generally revise election laws

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Revise public notice for certain water rights

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Expand surplus lines of insurance

Sponsor: Kelly Flynn

Clarify massage therapy licensing requirements

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Prohibit a youth from being transferred to adult supervision without a felony

Sponsor: Jennifer Eck

Revise definitions for risks of skiing

Sponsor: Brian Hoven

Confirm appointee to board of alternative health care

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Allow department of agriculture to provide plant sampling services

Sponsor: Daniel Salomon

Repeal laws related to the mint committee

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Allow victim notification via email or telephone

Sponsor: Jennifer Eck

Extend sunset on enhanced 9-1-1 fund distribution

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Authorize Ag Department to provide and set fees for analytical lab services

Sponsor: Tom Woods

Authorize electronic signatures for hunting and fishing licenses

Sponsor: Jennifer Pomnichowski

Revise qualifications for crane operators

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Standardize per diem for all agricultural boards and committees

Sponsor: Christy Clark

Revise costs of boiler inspections

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Revise agency oversight authority of interim committees

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Criminalize the misuse of official criminal justice information

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Clarify public defender involvement in eligibility determination

Sponsor: Nate McConnell

Exempt certain apprentices from licensure

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Revising subdivision classifications for Ag land valuation

Sponsor: Kerry White

Adopting the most recent federal laws applicable to the National Guard

Sponsor: Susan Webber

Revise laws related to nondepository lenders

Sponsor: Gene Vuckovich

Suspend payment of public defender fee during incarceration

Sponsor: Nate McConnell

Clarify laws relating to the call of a retired judge or justice

Sponsor: Nels Swandal

Revise universal system benefits laws to exempt small electric utilities

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Allow development of boat dock on Wild Horse Island

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revise school finance laws

Sponsor: Katherin Kelker

Revise licensing/regulation of engineers and land surveyors

Sponsor: Kathy Swanson

Revise certain reports to RTIC from annual to biennial

Sponsor: Janna Taylor

Feed bill

Sponsor: Nancy Ballance

House Rules Resolution

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Reallocate metal mines license tax

Long-Range Information Technology Appropriations

Generally revise regulation of transportation for hire laws

Provide for renewable resource bonds and loans

Provide for renewable resource grants

Revise laws related to hunting and fishing licenses

Generally revise the Montana administrative procedure act

Provide definitions for intermittent, ephemeral streams

Encourage Indian language immersion schools

Revise late filing penalties and extension laws

Plan for the closure of Montana developmental center at Boulder

Authorizing transfers to implement provisions of House Bill 2

Revising how political party may select committee representatives for precincts

Cultural and Aesthetic Grants

Generally revise fish, wildlife, and parks, laws related to penalties

Assist local governments with federal land projects

Generally revise board of nursing laws

Geographic restrictions for sex offenders

Require POW/MIA flag be displayed at certain times and places

Generally revise pro-boxing laws

Revising laws relating to liability waivers and releases

Appropriate money for new or expanded mental health crisis intervention

Appropriate money for additional secure psychiatric detention beds

Revise oil and gas laws related to the oil and gas damage mitigation account

Create snowmobile trail pass

Adopt health insurance appeals/external review laws of NAIC

Revise fund structure and budgetary process for board of accountants

Revise tax increment finance district remittance laws for schools

Require parole hearings to be video and audio recorded

High-performance program for existing buildings

Eliminate statutory term limits on the legislative environmental quality council

Increase coal tax trust fund money available for MT veteran home loans

Revise liability for forest or range fires

Revising what is an illegal gambling activity for horse and dog racing

Revise certain highway speed limits

Revising late file penalty, filing, and withholding for pass-through entities

Provide scholarship opportunities for higher education in Montana

Revise tax credit for temporary emergency lodging

Revising laws regarding the commitment of incapacitated persons

Establish child abuse court diversion pilot project

Interim study on ownership of personal information

Allow for electronic delivery of insurance policies

Fund litigation protecting Montana products in interstate commerce

Allowing microdistilleries to deliver products directly to agency liquor stores

Revise tax and fees for professional liability insurance

Require department of revenue review of tax exempt properties

Revise laws related to mopeds

Revise laws related to consolidation of rural fire districts and areas

Provide property tax exemption for certain land leased by local governments

Revise employment protections for national guard members of other states

Raising pension benefit in VFCA

Provide for an interim judicial redistricting commission

Revise funding for career and vocational/technical education

Revise workers' compensation laws relating to religious employer definition

Revise laws related to DUI convictions and restricted-use driving permit

Establish decennial school funding study

Revise and extend the prescription drug registry fee

Amend insurance freedom of choice for practitioners