2015 Regular Session

Reallocate metal mines license tax

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

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

Sponsor: Scott Staffanson

General Appropriations Act

Sponsor: Nancy Ballance

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

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Allow for permanent registration of heavy trucks and truck tractors

Sponsor: Lee Randall

Revise laws related to vital statistics

Sponsor: Kris Hansen

Provide for tax credits for contributions to public and private schools

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Establish an eastern Montana crime laboratory

Sponsor: Dale Mortensen

Revise laws related to constituent expenses for legislators

Sponsor: John Brenden

Create infrastructure funding program

Sponsor: Rick Ripley

Provide for medicaid waiver protection for certain military families

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Revise laws related to hunting and fishing licenses

Sponsor: Jeffrey Welborn

Encourage manufacture of ammunition in Montana to ensure availability

Sponsor: Matthew Rosendale

Encourage Indian language immersion schools

Sponsor: Jonathan Windy Boy

Revise water quality violation penalties

Sponsor: Cary Smith

Generally revise board of nursing laws

Sponsor: Moffie Funk

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

Sponsor: Kelly Flynn

Require parole hearings to be video and audio recorded

Sponsor: Jennifer Eck

Adopt health insurance appeals/external review laws of NAIC

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Appropriate money for new or expanded mental health crisis intervention

Sponsor: Ron Ehli

Revise military pay exemption from state income taxes

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Generally revise pro-boxing laws

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Revise fund structure and budgetary process for board of accountants

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

High-performance program for existing buildings

Sponsor: Zach Brown

Generally revise DUI laws

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Create statutory appropriations for old governor's mansion and MHS fees

Sponsor: Donald Jones

Provide for long range building appropriations

Sponsor: Dave Hagstrom

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

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Establish procedures for maximum allowable cost lists for prescription drugs

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Create snowmobile trail pass

Sponsor: Kerry White

Generally revise water discharge laws regarding nutrients

Sponsor: Tom Richmond

Revise the disposition of rental car sales tax

Sponsor: Brian Hoven

Increase coal board funding until June 30, 2017

Sponsor: Tom Berry

Geographic restrictions for sex offenders

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Provide scholarship opportunities for higher education in Montana

Sponsor: Steve Lavin

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

Sponsor: Kenneth Holmlund

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

Sponsor: Clifford Larsen

Revise metal mine laws

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

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

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Generally revise laws on notarial acts

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Revise definitions of game animal, predatory animal

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Revise state land laws

Sponsor: Jedediah Hinkle

Generally revise USB laws

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Eliminate statutory term limits on the legislative environmental quality council

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Revise tax credit for temporary emergency lodging

Sponsor: Cynthia Wolken

Revise cost of death certificates and use for funding board of funeral service

Sponsor: Christy Clark

Require certain state agencies to report on federal receipts

Sponsor: Tom Burnett

Revise tax and fees for professional liability insurance

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Fund litigation protecting Montana products in interstate commerce

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Review income tax credits

Sponsor: Roy Hollandsworth

Interim study of youth concussion protection laws

Sponsor: Gordon Pierson

Joint resolution for Interim study of statutory appropriations

Sponsor: Brad Tschida

Revise process for adopting water quality regulations

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Revise process for adoption of accreditation standards

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Revising laws on period of commitment or treatment of developmentally disabled

Sponsor: Gordon Pierson

Providing transparency for state-administered grants

Sponsor: Tom Burnett

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

Sponsor: Andrea Olsen

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

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Revise laws related to livestock loss

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Creating the Healthy Montana Act to Expand Health Care Coverage

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Allow for options in health insurance coverage of abortion services

Sponsor: Cary Smith

Provide property tax exemption for certain land leased by local governments

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Revise laws related to consolidation of rural fire districts and areas

Sponsor: Denise Hayman

Medical recovery of work comp payment from at-fault parties

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Revise funding for career and vocational/technical education

Sponsor: Donald Jones

Extend termination date of coal severance tax coal washing credit

Sponsor: Tom Berry

Revise workers' compensation laws relating to religious employer definition

Sponsor: Brian Hoven

Revise agency liquor store laws

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Generally revise public records laws

Sponsor: Donald Jones

Study state assumption of federal dredge and fill permitting

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Create a commission to study criminal justice system

Sponsor: Cynthia Wolken

Prohibit sage grouse hunting in Montana

Sponsor: John Brenden

Study workers' compensation fraud

Sponsor: Zach Brown

Interim study of genetically engineered wheat on markets for Montana wheat

Sponsor: Andrea Olsen

Interim study of MUS computer systems efficiency

Sponsor: Tom Woods

Interim study resolution regarding tax increment financing districts

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Interim study on collective bargaining process

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Confirm commissioner of political practices

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Revise anti-corruption and state employee protection laws

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Constitutional amendment revising selection of redistricting commission

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

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

Sponsor: Andrew Person

Revise intangible personal property exemption and unit valuation methodology

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Interim study of law enforcement use of body-worn cameras

Sponsor: Bridget Smith

Study resolution to address a Montana living wage

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Interim study of transportation infrastructure

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Joint resolution to amend the joint rules regarding revenue estimating

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Provide for a Montana student loan refinancing program

Sponsor: Zach Brown

Constitutional amendment to revise term limits

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Study gas pricing in Montana

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Require CHIP coverage of autism spectrum disorder

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Revise laws related to health insurance navigators

Sponsor: Cary Smith

Provide for higher education seeded savings accounts

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Revising laws on reimbursement of certain Medicaid services

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Prohibit compulsory union membership for a person under age 18

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Revise laws related to student data collection and privacy

Sponsor: Debra Lamm

Generally revise board of hail insurance laws

Sponsor: Wendy McKamey

Ensure local control of schools

Sponsor: Debra Lamm

Requiring search warrant for gov access to electronic devices

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Revising board of regents' authority to approve post secondary institutions

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Revise Montana's probate code

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Revise distribution of sales and use tax

Sponsor: Bob Keenan

Clarify offense of aiding or soliciting suicide

Sponsor: Gerald Bennett

Create a drug formulary for workers' compensation

Sponsor: Matthew Rosendale

Revise laws governing highway work zones

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Apply private motor carrier safety standards to certain publicly owned vehicles

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Provide process for county abandonment/consolidation

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Provide for uniform act regarding fiduciary access to digital assets

Sponsor: Mary McNally

Allow vehicle registration donation for Virginia/Nevada cities

Sponsor: Virginia Court

Revise laws related to providing alcohol to minors

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Include mountain lion in livestock loss program

Sponsor: Gene Vuckovich

Revise laws related to K-12 accreditation standards

Sponsor: Debra Lamm

Require DPHHS to provide educational materials to medicaid enrollees

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Sunset voter approved property tax levies after certain period of time

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revise workers' compensation claim penalty laws

Sponsor: Mark Noland

Revise laws related to defensive medicine

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Revise hunting access enhancement program laws and provide funding

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Providing for temporary legislative aides

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Generally prohibit governmental use of license plate scanners

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Prohibit the adoption of certain rebuttable presumptions related to subdivisions

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Interim study on passenger rail

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Revise laws related to protecting Montana's children

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Allow for optional DUI prevention contribution on vehicle registration form

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Generally revise laws related to temporary road blocks

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Prohibit limitation of certain schools participation in high school sports

Sponsor: Nicholas Schwaderer

Revise distribution of block management funding

Sponsor: Kelly Flynn

Revise penalties eliminating jail time for certain misdemeanors

Sponsor: Nels Swandal

Study reasonable water use

Sponsor: Clayton Fiscus

Require hunter orange for under 18 hunters

Sponsor: Scott Sales

Exempt certain amateur radio equipment from property tax

Sponsor: Tom Richmond

Revise claims history considerations in insurance policies

Sponsor: Mary McNally

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

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Revise administration of taxes

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Provide taxpayers with additional access to confidential sales price information

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

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

Sponsor: Jennifer Eck

Revising laws related to reciprocal tax collection

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Appropriate money for state-run mental health group home

Sponsor: Casey Schreiner

Require the publishing of a state phone directory every two years

Sponsor: John Brenden

Revise laws relating to housing for offenders

Sponsor: Margaret MacDonald

Provide ANB funding for 19 year olds

Sponsor: Mary Moe

Revise asbestos laws

Sponsor: Ed Lieser

Support payment to Lincoln County

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Request interim study of state guardianship programs for elderly

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Confirm appointee to fish and wildlife commission

Sponsor: John Brenden

Revise laws regarding state agency use of recovered indirect costs

Sponsor: John Brenden

Revise law enforcement laws

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Interim study on historic road right-of-way acquisition

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Interim study on local fire and emergency services

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Revise credit union laws

Sponsor: Kathy Swanson

Require certain pipeline information be publicly available

Sponsor: Matthew Rosendale

Generally revise tourism council laws

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Study net metering laws

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Revise laws related to partner and family member assault

Sponsor: Nels Swandal

Revising worker compensation coverage options for emergency medical units

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Interim study of federal roads and parcels and access

Sponsor: Kerry White

Public scoping process for FWP land acquisitions

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Revise school bonding limit laws

Sponsor: Scott Staffanson

Generally revise oil and gas tax laws

Sponsor: Tom Richmond

Confirm Governor's appointees to state parks and recreation board

Sponsor: John Brenden

Resolution requesting performance audit of data collection by OPI

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Revise stream access laws to reflect Galt decision

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Add state soil as a new state symbol

Sponsor: Jennifer Pomnichowski

Revise medicaid in home care services fraud prevention laws

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Authorize direct primary care provider plans

Sponsor: Matthew Rosendale

Revising the regulatory authority over the Montana state fund

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Revise insure Montana small business health insurance laws

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Clarify vehicle owner's privacy rights for event data recorders

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Revise regulation and duties regarding real estate appraisers

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Interim study on sexual assault

Sponsor: Diane Sands

Confirm Governor's appointees to board of clinical laboratory science

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Confirm Governor's appointee to commission for human rights

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Confirm appointees for board of investments

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Generally revise landlord tenant property laws

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Provide statutory appropriation for Title X funding

Sponsor: Christy Clark

Revise brownfield site clean up eligibility laws

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Revise aquatic invasive species fund laws

Sponsor: Mark Noland

Generally revise laws related to the courts

Sponsor: Kris Hansen

Confirm Governor's appointment related to environmental quality and review

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Provide for uniform act for powers of appointment for estate planning

Sponsor: Mary McNally

Increase resource limits for medicaid program for workers with disabilities

Sponsor: Jessica Karjala

Generally revise laws related to tribal colleges and other community colleges

Sponsor: Susan Webber

Revise fuel tax penalties

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Interim study of Montana's election process

Sponsor: Debra Lamm

Confirm Governor's appointee to the Board of Livestock

Sponsor: Taylor Brown

Repeal the electronic government advisory board and transfer duties

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Provide for recognition of Tribally organized business entities

Sponsor: Sharon Stewart-Peregoy

Allow suppressors for hunting of mountain lion and wolves

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Clarify policy toward nonresident hunters

Sponsor: Jedediah Hinkle

Revise laws regarding sound suppressors for hunting

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

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

Transfer of Willow Creek dam to water users association

Sponsor: Debby Barrett

Revise water adjudication funding and benchmarks

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

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

Sponsor: Ron Ehli

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

Sponsor: David Moore

Revise campaign finance laws

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

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

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Generally revise laws related to bullying

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Study light detection and ranging data

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Confirm Governor's appointments related to business and labor

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Confirm real estate appraisers and realty regulation board appointees

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Confirm Governor's appts to personnel & labor appeals boards, human rights comm

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Confirm appointees for board of county printing & MT facility finance authority

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Confirm appointees to board of veterans' affairs

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Constitutional amendment to elect board of public education

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Resolution to recognize military service of Montanans

Sponsor: Clifford Larsen

Require electronic reporting of pseudoephedrine sales

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Revise USB laws

Sponsor: Jonathan Windy Boy

Revise laws regarding legal fences

Sponsor: Bill Harris

Generally revise liquor license laws

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Joint resolution supporting coal

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Study next-generation 9-1-1

Sponsor: Tom Steenberg

Confirm appointees to board of research and state compensation insurance fund

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Allow electronic ballot for disabled voters

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Allow for electronic address confirmation for biennial absentee ballot list

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Revise workers' compensation dividend payment laws

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Create seasonal employer and employee designation for unemployment insurance

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Confirm appointees to board of oil and gas

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Resolution recognizing the service of 75 years of smoke jumpers

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

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

Sponsor: Robyn Driscoll

Require agency reporting on financial assistance to tribes

Sponsor: Gilbert Meyers

Interim study on ride-sharing in Montana

Sponsor: Margaret MacDonald

Repeal law regarding transfer of information technology resources

Sponsor: Tom Richmond

Revising protections for military service in the National Guard

Sponsor: Katherin Kelker

Prohibit candidate from serving as poll watcher at certain polling places

Sponsor: Virginia Court

Revise nonprofit casino night laws for county fairs

Sponsor: Nicholas Schwaderer

Revise qualifying facility laws

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Revise odometer statement signing, filing, and transmittal processes

Sponsor: Steve Lavin

Revise Captive Insurance Laws to Allow Political Subdivisions

Sponsor: Tom Berry

Revise laws related to DPHHS personal assistance services information collection

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise laws related to health insurers certificates of creditable coverage

Sponsor: Jeffrey Welborn

Revise medical lien laws

Sponsor: Albert Olszewski

Define combined appropriation for exempt wells in certain cases

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Revise laws to consolidate procurement accounts

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Revise definition of prepaid legal insurance

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Exclude certain vehicles on MT 16 from certain maximum weight limits

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Revise laws related to the uses of the research and commercialization account

Sponsor: Kelly McCarthy

Interim study on eyewitness identification policies

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Establish reemployment provisions for MPORS members

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

Revise regulation of persons involved in real estate transactions

Sponsor: Randall Pinocci

Revise the administration and tax qualification laws of the TRS

Sponsor: Tom Woods

Revising laws relating to investigations of abuse at MT Developmental Center

Sponsor: Gordon Pierson

Repeal national guard bonus program laws

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Generally revise local government fees

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Clarify definition of commercial motor vehicle for emergency vehicles

Sponsor: Tom Berry

Generally revise laws relating to the public safety officer training council

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Revise board of adjustment laws for conservation districts

Sponsor: Tom Berry

Allow electronic prescribing of controlled substances prescriptions

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Allow electronic fund transfers for trust lands

Sponsor: Jean Price

Revise tax lien, sale, and title laws related to residence tax delinquency

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

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

Sponsor: Taylor Brown

Confirm Governor appointments related to education

Sponsor: Taylor Brown

Revise PERS employer contribution laws for the Montana State University System

Sponsor: Mary Moe

Revise resort tax laws

Sponsor: Kerry White

Revise license terms for board of public accountants

Sponsor: Tom Berry

Clarify fees charged in relation to licensing boards

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Repeal termination of reemployment provision for certain retired TRS members

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Adopting 2008 uniform interstate family support act

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Generally revise laws related to identity theft

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Revise county district court clerk and justice of peace compensation laws

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Revise laws related to small business impact analysis

Sponsor: Donald Jones

Revising the Montana uniform trust code

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Revise laws related to who must register as a sex offender

Sponsor: Chuck Hunter

Revise defined contribution plan funding laws

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Revise laws related to a reduction in funding

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Revise security transaction exemption laws to allow certain transactions

Sponsor: Chuck Hunter

Require fiscal notes to include business impact

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Provide statewide uniformity regarding wages/benefits for political subdivisions

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise annexation laws related to parks

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Strike requirement to file campaign reports with election administrators

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Eliminate the requirement for a third official school enrollment count

Sponsor: Edith McClafferty

Create special event permit for certain wine sales

Sponsor: Brad Tschida

Revise occupational licensing laws to provide board of medical denturitry

Sponsor: Scott Staffanson

Clarify constitutional provisions and law related to board of regents/u-system

Sponsor: Cary Smith

Generally revise vehicle license laws

Sponsor: Mike Lang

Generally revise minor in possession laws

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

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

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Provide for mental and behavioral health screening for public school students

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Revising campaign finance laws relating to corporations and unions

Sponsor: Sue Malek

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

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Revise campaign finances and practices laws

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Revise nonresident hunting license laws re: Come Home to Hunt

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Revise oil and gas tax laws

Sponsor: Christopher Pope

Create OSHA laws applicable to private employers

Sponsor: Chuck Hunter

Eliminate term limits for legislative and elected officials

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Revise laws related to aerial drones

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Prohibit copying or duplication of cultural patrimony and sacred items

Sponsor: George Kipp

Provide review committee for healthcare licensing scopes of practice

Sponsor: Albert Olszewski

Revise rural fire district laws

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Generally revise medicaid laws

Sponsor: Nancy Ballance

Revise funding for students with disabilities

Sponsor: Christopher Pope

Revise net metering laws

Sponsor: Art Wittich

Revise local government property tax cap laws

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Constitutional amendment to require adoption of revenue estimate

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Revise fish, game laws related to exhibit of license

Sponsor: David Howard

Provide tax credits for contributions to scholarship organizations

Sponsor: Brad Tschida

Provide for a rainy day reserve fund

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Creating careless handling of firearms offense

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Generally revise local government laws

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Require legislative approval for acceptance of federal assistance funds

Sponsor: Debra Lamm

Eliminate certain automatic utility rate adjustments

Sponsor: Tom Woods

Authorize lease contract with purchase option for Montana heritage center

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Generally revise sentencing laws regarding penalties for certain crimes

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Appropriate money for a forensic community corrections facility

Sponsor: Casey Schreiner

Increase funding for groundwater information program

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Revise penalty for unauthorized use of state trust lands

Sponsor: Virginia Court

Revising laws related to costs of assigned counsel

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

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

Sponsor: Theresa Manzella

Create coal train payments for counties

Sponsor: Nicholas Schwaderer

Revise campaign laws related to robo-calls

Sponsor: Janet Ellis

Supplemental Appropriations

Sponsor: Pat Noonan

Increase ground water investigation program funding

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Provide for infrastructure development

Sponsor: Jeffrey Welborn

Create informal small claims division within the state tax appeal board

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Revise supplemental nutrition assistance laws to provide statutory appropriation

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Exempt hunters from paying the bed tax

Sponsor: Mike Miller

Referendum for tax credits for contributions to public and private schools

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Prohibit exploding targets on state owned or administered lands

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Revise trespass laws related to railroads

Sponsor: David Moore

Increase elderly homeowner/renter tax credit

Sponsor: Brian Hoven

Lower state property tax mills

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Revise restaurant beer and wine license laws

Sponsor: Jennifer Eck

Establish an affordable workforce housing development tax credit

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Generally revise medical marijuana laws

Sponsor: Robyn Driscoll

Provide income tax credit for volunteer fire fighters and emergency personnel

Sponsor: David Howard

Revise tax protest laws

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Provide for an appropriation to increase access to playgrounds statewide

Sponsor: Jean Price

Revise laws related to the fundamental rights under the MT constitution

Sponsor: Carl Glimm

Update tax haven laws

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

Create Healthy Montana Act to expand health care coverage to certain Montanans

Sponsor: Pat Noonan

County review of wood stove regulations

Sponsor: Theresa Manzella

Revise commercial pet breeders laws

Sponsor: Margaret MacDonald

Allow marijuana use for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder

Sponsor: Patricia Peppers

Revise laws regarding vo-tech mill allocation

Sponsor: Mary Moe

Revise laws regarding clerk of court fees for transmitting records

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Referendum regarding disqualification of judges receiving certain contributions

Sponsor: Matthew Monforton

Establish a state web page of convicted embezzlement names

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Allow oil and gas impact fee on lodging

Sponsor: Scott Staffanson

Prohibit certain diesel engine retrofits that produce excess diesel exhaust

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Create MUS systems efficiency task force

Sponsor: Tom Woods

Providing an appropriation for sexually transmitted disease prevention services

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

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

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Generally revise laws related to motor carriers

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Referendum to lower individual income tax rates

Sponsor: Nicholas Schwaderer

Native American Gap Financing Revolving Loan Program

Sponsor: Patricia Peppers

Establish an oil and gas trust fund

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Establish limits on the supplemental nutrition assistance program

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Revise education laws

Sponsor: Edith McClafferty

Create child abuse and neglect review commission

Sponsor: Katherin Kelker

Provide for offense of cyberbullying

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Increase penalties for domestic violence offenders

Sponsor: Jonathan Windy Boy

Generally revise alcohol laws related to brewers

Sponsor: Pat Noonan

Require federal government to comply with air quality laws in Montana

Sponsor: Tom Burnett

Generally revise laws related to state lands

Sponsor: Jeffrey Welborn

Provide for school facility grant program

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Provide for income tax credit for residential property taxes paid

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Provide sanctions for frivolous campaign or election complaints

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Provide tax credit for higher education expenses

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Generally revise public adjuster laws

Sponsor: Kelly McCarthy

Revising indecent exposure laws

Sponsor: Robyn Driscoll

Confirm Governor's appointee to board of public education

Sponsor: Taylor Brown

Confirm Governor's appointees to the board of crime control

Sponsor: Scott Sales

Confirm Governor's appointments related to agriculture

Sponsor: Taylor Brown

Revise laws related to the central stores warehouse

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Provide for a decree of dissolution without a hearing when uncontested

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Establish contracting laws for conservation districts

Sponsor: John Brenden

Revise retirement plan laws to ensure federal tax qualification

Sponsor: Wendy McKamey

Confirm Governor appointments related to energy

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise laws related to national park concession contracts

Sponsor: George Kipp

Prohibit texting while driving

Sponsor: Virginia Court

Establish a loss mitigation special revenue account

Sponsor: Randy Brodehl

Revise laws related to deposit of oversize load fee revenue

Sponsor: Zac Perry

Require certain boards to record and publish meetings in video or audio format

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Revise concealed weapon renewal laws

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Revise and update funeral trust banking laws

Sponsor: Vince Ricci

Revise workers' compensation laws

Sponsor: Andrea Olsen

Require that all hydro facilities be classified as renewable

Sponsor: Debby Barrett

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

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Revise county transportation committee laws

Sponsor: Nate McConnell

Create temporary vehicle registration for non-resident vehicles

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Revise campaign finance laws to authorize attorney fees for prevailing party

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Eliminate certain reporting requirements for legislative audit committee

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Provide for mandatory penalty for misuse of replacement fish and game license

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Revise grandparent/grandchild contact laws

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Generally revise laws related to sex offender registration

Sponsor: Sarah Laszloffy

Revise hunting/fishing license laws for critically wounded first responders

Sponsor: Margaret MacDonald

Joint resolution to study Montana Law Enforcement Academy funding

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Revise river bed laws

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Revise and update railroad laws

Sponsor: Mike Lang

Expand use of petroleum mixing zones

Sponsor: Jim Keane

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

Sponsor: Mike Miller

Clarify laws pertaining to assignment of road/street addresses

Sponsor: Tom Steenberg

Authorize the public defender to award fixed-fee contracts

Sponsor: Margaret MacDonald

Equal treatment of licensees under liquor control penalty laws

Sponsor: Tom Steenberg

Joint resolution recognizing the significance of the Miracle of America Museum

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revise laws for payment of costs associated with irrigation district petitions

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Revise laws related to hunter trespass

Sponsor: Alan Redfield

Repeal visitor information center-related law

Sponsor: Denise Hayman

Revising certain licensing boards

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Confirm Governor's appointee to the board of livestock

Sponsor: Taylor Brown

Revise jury selection laws

Sponsor: Diane Sands

Confirm Governor's appointees to the board of housing

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Confirm chief water judge and associate water judge

Sponsor: Scott Sales

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

Increase the maximum speed limits, including trucks

Sponsor: Mike Miller

Revise the revenue estimating process by legislative rules

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Revise flood plain notification process

Sponsor: Clayton Fiscus

Revise statutory reimbursement schedule for school transportation funding

Sponsor: Randy Brodehl

Make a third DUI a felony offense

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Clarify laws related to roads, access, and private property

Sponsor: Mike Miller

Add PTSD to the list of debilitating medical conditions for marijuana use

Sponsor: Patricia Peppers

Revise renewable energy laws

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Provide for the Smith River legacy act

Sponsor: Zach Brown

Generally revise insurance laws for transportation network companies

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Establish resource limits for public assistance programs

Sponsor: Art Wittich

Prohibit third party dispatch related to tow-trucks

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Revise laws on public service commission regulation of municipal utilities

Sponsor: Cary Smith

Generally revise privacy laws

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Revising mandatory service of process laws for sheriffs

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Revise the revenue estimating process

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Revise consumer protection laws related to perishable products

Sponsor: Denise Hayman

Provide for Elouise Cobell day

Sponsor: Lea Whitford

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

Sponsor: Matthew Monforton

Allow sharing of certain health care information with law enforcement

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise local board of health laws regarding septic permits

Sponsor: David Moore

Generally revise DUI laws

Sponsor: Cynthia Wolken

Revise health care laws on peer review committees

Sponsor: Albert Olszewski

Revise laws related to bison and Indian reservations

Sponsor: George Kipp

Revise laws related to property right sales

Sponsor: Bill Harris

Revise laws related to corporate political contributions and expenditures

Sponsor: Gene Vuckovich

Revise mandatory minimum penalties for unlawful sexual conduct offenses

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Generally revise criminal law for restoring rights to possess firearms

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Revise consent for lands purchased by the U.S. for national forest purposes

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Provide for state employment services on reservation community centers

Sponsor: George Kipp

Revise net metering laws

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise laws regarding mortgage loan originators

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Revise election and appointment of conservation district supervisors

Sponsor: Jennifer Pomnichowski

Provide for suicide prevention and training for primary care providers

Sponsor: Ed Lieser

Generally revise campaign finance laws

Sponsor: Andrew Person

Provide for relief to counties containing federal lands

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Require state intervention in federal projects

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Revise terms for treating physician designation in workers' compensation cases

Sponsor: Andrea Olsen

Revise laws related to employing noncertified teachers

Sponsor: Kris Hansen

Require bond for bison transfer

Sponsor: Gilbert Meyers

Revise laws related to the legislative calendar

Sponsor: Kathleen Williams

Generally revise net metering laws

Sponsor: Randall Pinocci

Resolution regarding certain flags flown on university campuses

Sponsor: Carolyn Pease-Lopez

Revise glass broker insurance laws

Sponsor: Ryan Osmundson

Require publicly available nonprofit expenditure report and mission statement

Sponsor: Jessica Karjala

Revise laws related to process servers

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Revise agency liquor store operating days

Sponsor: Jon Sesso

Increase the cap on net metering

Sponsor: Art Wittich

Revise inmate welfare fund laws

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise what employment by a PERS retiree is considered active member service

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Generally revise laws related to boarding animals subject to court proceedings

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Require election of city court judges

Sponsor: Dale Mortensen

Require that zoning be adopted before use of land can be regulated

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Revise farm animal and research facility protection laws

Sponsor: Theresa Manzella

Prohibit agency rule-making concerning marijuana

Sponsor: David Moore

Joint resolution for balanced budget amendment

Sponsor: Matthew Monforton

Generally revise fishing derby laws

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Revise election reporting period requirements

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Access to birth control act

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Generally revise laws related to peace officer status for investigators

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Provide presumptive disease coverage for paid firefighters

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Exempt in-kind personal services by a political party

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Create a fish and wildlife enterprise fund

Sponsor: Moffie Funk

Revise national guard reenlistment or extension incentives laws

Sponsor: Ryan Osmundson

Expand election day to voting days

Sponsor: Janet Ellis

Increase university system supplemental contribution to TRS

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Revise requirements related to release of patient immunization information

Sponsor: Casey Schreiner

Generally revise election laws

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Remove hearing rule requirement for conservation districts

Sponsor: Zach Brown

Revise certain public service commission hearing and notice requirements

Sponsor: Edward Greef

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

Sponsor: Sue Malek

Joint resolution supporting the CSKT water compact process

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Revise veto poll laws

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Resolution to restore free and fair elections in America

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Generally revise condominium and townhouse ownership laws

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise laws related to the agricultural land valuation advisory committee

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

Revise disclosure of election materials laws

Sponsor: Sue Malek

Eliminate license exemption for certain private adolescent treatment programs

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Revise workers' comp impairment level for vocational rehabilitation benefits

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Establish child care facility for state employees

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Revise soil and conservation district laws

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Prevent the federal government from selling public lands in Montana

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Require compliance with campaign finance as a prerequisite of state contracts

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Revise renewable resource definition

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Revise laws related to storm drainage sumps

Sponsor: Diane Sands

Revise milk laws

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

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

Sponsor: Zach Brown

Resolution requesting removal of brucella abortus from federal list

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Generally revise unemployment laws related to multi-employer situations

Sponsor: Bob Keenan

Revise laws related to subdivisions and recreational camping vehicles

Sponsor: Mike Miller

Generally revise death penalty laws

Sponsor: David Moore

Revise laws related to certain municipalities setting highway speed limits

Sponsor: Nancy Wilson

Expand school transportation funding for academic summer school

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

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

Sponsor: Clayton Fiscus

Address discriminatory health insurance policy practices

Sponsor: Kathleen Williams

Repeal statutory presumption of contract between licensed wholesaler and brewer

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Establish qualifications for & continuing education of Bd of Investments members

Sponsor: Virginia Court

Generally revise chiropractic insurance limitation laws

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Protect property rights of dog owners by prohibiting breed-specific ordinances

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Provide that consent is not a defense for physician assisted suicide

Sponsor: Brad Tschida

Require sharing of debt offset and collection information

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

Clarify department of revenue's uniform dispute review procedures

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Clarifying "electioneering communication" within election laws

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Revise state revolving loan fund laws

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Revise admissibility in evidence of seat belt use laws

Sponsor: Nels Swandal

Generally revise process service laws

Sponsor: Gordon Vance

Generally revise laws regarding missing persons

Sponsor: Clifford Larsen

Increase daytime speed limit for certain vehicles on certain highways

Sponsor: Jonathan Windy Boy

Revise administrative duties for licensing boards

Sponsor: Gene Vuckovich

Generally revise gaming laws

Sponsor: Casey Schreiner

Revise unemployment insurance collections and integrity oversight laws

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Joint resolution to support passenger rail

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Emphasize critical thinking in science education

Sponsor: Clayton Fiscus

Revise coal board and impact grant laws

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Require data breach notice to attorney general and insurance commissioner

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Revise laws governing Montana heritage commission

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Adopt nurse licensure compact

Sponsor: Art Wittich

Revise pretrial diversion laws

Sponsor: Nate McConnell

Revise exempt well laws

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Lift cap on coal board allocations to Tribes impacted by coal production

Sponsor: Sharon Stewart-Peregoy

Revise net metering laws

Sponsor: Bridget Smith

Revise laws related to recall petitions for school board members

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Post bill of rights in public buildings

Sponsor: Bob Brown

Generally revise economic development laws

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Require roads to remain open during a dispute over legal access

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Regulating arrests, searches, and seizures by federal law enforcement

Sponsor: Nancy Ballance

Revise laws regarding physician dispensing of prescription medication

Sponsor: Albert Olszewski

Revise absentee and mail ballot laws

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Establish guidelines and immunities for physicians who provide end of life care

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

Repeal statutory prohibitions regarding same sex marriage

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Declaration of policy regarding foster parents and foster children

Sponsor: Edith McClafferty

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

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Clarify that wolf management funds may be used for public education

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Prohibit the application of foreign law in state courts

Sponsor: Janna Taylor

Require notification of change to retirement plan beneficiary

Sponsor: Virginia Court

Revise when ballots may be prepared for counting

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Provide for neighborhood net metering

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Revise asbestos laws

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Revise laws related to oil and gas development

Sponsor: Sharon Stewart-Peregoy

Prohibit 457 deferred comp plan from accepting rollovers

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Repeal Community Renewable Energy Project requirements

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Revise water standards for E. Montana tributaries

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Revise recall provision laws for local and district elected officials

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Require licensing for state public defender office investigators

Sponsor: Dale Mortensen

Revise fees charged for alcohol license

Sponsor: David Moore

Expand use of treasure state endowment funds

Sponsor: Zac Perry

Requiring insurers to provide disclosure for aftermarket motor vehicle parts

Sponsor: Gordon Vance

Allow for aggregate net metering

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Revise prescription authority for naturopathic physicians

Sponsor: Christine Kaufmann

Revise net metering laws

Sponsor: Art Wittich

Revise definitions for risks of skiing

Sponsor: Brian Hoven

Revise public notice for certain water rights

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Revise the reporting dates for per capita livestock fees

Sponsor: Taylor Brown

Generally revise election laws

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Clarify massage therapy licensing requirements

Sponsor: Elsie Arntzen

Expand surplus lines of insurance

Sponsor: Kelly Flynn

Confirm Governor's appointee to the state tax appeal board

Sponsor: Bruce Tutvedt

Revise qualifications for crane operators

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Extend sunset on enhanced 9-1-1 fund distribution

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Allow victim notification via email or telephone

Sponsor: Jennifer Eck

Authorize temporary appointment in vacancy of workers' comp judge

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Criminalize the misuse of official criminal justice information

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

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

Strengthen security protections against financial abuse

Sponsor: Moffie Funk

Revise tax appeal laws

Sponsor: Chuck Hunter

Clarify the requirements for Ag employees wage withholding

Sponsor: Lee Randall

Clarify educational requirements for board of funeral services

Sponsor: Kenneth Holmlund

Revise universal system benefits laws to exempt small natural gas utilities

Sponsor: Jim Keane

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

Allow limited barbering license

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Revise universal system benefits laws to exempt small electric utilities

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Revise banking laws relating to documents filed with the Department

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Establish all-hazard incident management teams and provide funding authority

Sponsor: Jonathan Windy Boy

State treasurer to receive local government fees for audits and reviews

Sponsor: Moffie Funk

Extend bond validating act

Sponsor: Jessica Karjala

Allow development of boat dock on Wild Horse Island

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revise licensing/regulation of engineers and land surveyors

Sponsor: Kathy Swanson

Revising the time frame for the calculation of the entitlement share growth rate

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

Feed bill

Sponsor: Nancy Ballance

House Rules Resolution

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Reallocate metal mines license tax

General Appropriations Act

Provide for medicaid waiver protection for certain military families

Revise laws related to hunting and fishing licenses

Provide for tax credits for contributions to public and private schools

Establish an eastern Montana crime laboratory

Generally revise the Montana administrative procedure act

Provide for renewable resource grants

Encourage manufacture of ammunition in Montana to ensure availability

Revise water quality violation penalties

Encourage Indian language immersion schools

Revise the disposition of rental car sales tax

Increase coal board funding until June 30, 2017

Geographic restrictions for sex offenders

Generally revise board of nursing laws

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

Require parole hearings to be video and audio recorded

Adopt health insurance appeals/external review laws of NAIC

Appropriate money for additional secure psychiatric detention beds

Generally revise off-highway vehicle laws

Authorizing transfers to implement provisions of House Bill 2

Provide for 529 account for disability expenses

Promote Montana Indian languages

Revise laws related to asset forfeiture

Assist local governments with federal land projects

Revising how political party may select committee representatives for precincts

Revise education funding laws related to oil and gas production taxes

Establish procedures for maximum allowable cost lists for prescription drugs

Create snowmobile trail pass

Revise unemployment insurance benefits for victims of domestic violence

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

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

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

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

Generally revise laws on notarial acts

Revise laws to incentivize access to isolated state and federal lands

Generally revise USB laws

Revise liability for forest or range fires

Revise cost of death certificates and use for funding board of funeral service

Interim study of youth concussion protection laws

Interim study on ownership of personal information

Joint resolution for Interim study of statutory appropriations

Revise laws related to mopeds

Revising laws on period of commitment or treatment of developmentally disabled

Require department of revenue review of tax exempt properties

Fund litigation protecting Montana products in interstate commerce

Allow for electronic delivery of insurance policies

Creating the Healthy Montana Act to Expand Health Care Coverage

Provide property tax exemption for certain land leased by local governments

Raising pension benefit in VFCA

Revise funding for career and vocational/technical education

Extend termination date of coal severance tax coal washing credit

Revise workers' compensation laws relating to religious employer definition

Revise agency liquor store laws

Generally revise public records laws

Establish decennial school funding study

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

Revise captive insurance laws