2017 Regular Session

Allow extension of coal lease on state lands

Sponsor: Tom Richmond

Generally revise public safety officer standards/training council laws

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Create voluntary hunting license check-off for predator management

Sponsor: Becky Beard

Revise laws related to property valuation appeal process

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Directing that medicaid appropriations be used only for medicaid expenditures

Sponsor: Jon Knokey

Revise tax laws related to pollution control equipment

Sponsor: Tom Richmond

Adopt enhanced nurse licensure compact

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Authorize choice for out-of-state health care insurance

Sponsor: Cary Smith

Provide property tax exemption for certain residential property

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Revise DPHHS rulemaking on medicaid services for youth in foster care

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Prohibit use or sale of certain urine as cover scent

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Modify commercial leasing rental provisions for state lands

Sponsor: Jeffrey Welborn

Prohibit local government regulation of agricultural seeds

Sponsor: Mike Lang

Revise authority of self-governing local governments

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Authorize necessary measures to implement House Bill 2

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Provide for licensing of board certified behavior analysts

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Generally revise laws related to state government pay plans

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Revise laws related to corporate loss carryback and carryforward

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Revise temporary registration permits

Sponsor: Gordon Vance

Revise laws related to community colleges and bonding

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Revise local government audit, financial reports

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Allow low-interest coal tax trust fund loans to certain local governments

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Revise laws related to utility line extensions

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Revising energy procurement plan review

Sponsor: Sue Malek

Providing for property tax incentives for qualified data centers

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Revise off-highway vehicle/recreational vehicle laws

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Revise laws related to criminal statute of limitations

Sponsor: Diane Sands

Good neighbor forestry to encourage economic development

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Revise laws on strangulation of a partner or family member

Sponsor: Margaret MacDonald

Plan for improved delivery of care for acute heart attacks

Sponsor: Albert Olszewski

Require DPHHS to streamline procedures related to mental health services

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Revise property tax exemption laws

Sponsor: Russel Tempel

Revise laws related to criminal jurisdiction on the Flathead Indian Reservation

Sponsor: Lea Whitford

Prohibit sale of fishing or hunting license if child support owed

Sponsor: Mike Lang

Require coverage of habilitative services under the Healthy Montana Kids Plan

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Generally revise laws related to the board of pardons and parole

Sponsor: Cynthia Wolken

Establishing requirements for the EPSDT benefit

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Revise nursery licensing, fees, inspections, and penalties

Sponsor: Daniel Salomon

Revise K-12 school funding laws to address facilities

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Generally revise aquatic invasive species

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Study emergency care provider training and scope of practice

Sponsor: Albert Olszewski

Interim study regarding chronic wasting disease and ungulate populations

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Resolution recognizing the USS Billings

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Resolution recognizing the USS Montana and commending work in its support

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

An interim study of intractable unemployment in high-poverty counties

Sponsor: Jason Small

Resolution requesting removal of brucella abortus from federal list

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Revise interest assessment on taxes other than individual income taxes

Sponsor: Daniel Salomon

Allow business deductions for expenses reduced by federal credits

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Exempt certain cell phone use from local ordinances

Sponsor: Casey Knudsen

Generally revise tenant landlord laws

Sponsor: Peggy Webb

Create school facilities subtrust within coal tax trust fund

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Extend funding to Coal Board

Sponsor: Barry Usher

Provide for apprenticeship tax credit with increased amount for veterans

Sponsor: Casey Schreiner

Provide for Montana earned income tax credit

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Revise requirements for landlord to access and maintain premises

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Generally revise election laws - administrative cleanup

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Revise leave laws affecting certain community college staff

Sponsor: Alan Doane

Require agencies to report grant information

Sponsor: Tom Burnett

Fund direct care worker wage increases

Sponsor: Jon Knokey

Create voluntary contribution account to acquire public access easements

Sponsor: Alan Doane

Generally revise state building acquisition and leasing laws

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Revise public defender system and provide for a director hired by DOA

Sponsor: Randy Brodehl

Generally revise laws relating to review of sanitation in subdivisions

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Renewable resource grants

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Treasure state endowment program

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Revising funding for health care services

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Revise hunting license laws related to bonus points

Sponsor: Kerry White

Provide for health care and insurance coverage laws

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Alcohol licenses for certain educational organizations

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Revise reports and fees for produce, seed, feed, fertilizer

Sponsor: Zac Perry

Create Montana wildlife habitat improvement and public access act

Sponsor: Kelly Flynn

Generally revise laws related to invasive species

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Cultural and aesthetic grants

Sponsor: Tom Woods

Provide funding for sage grouse stewardship

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Increase nursing home bed tax for nursing home rate increases

Sponsor: Nancy Ballance

Authorize transfers and clarify natural resources funding (Sec. C)

Sponsor: Carl Glimm

Extend school district bond term

Sponsor: Edith McClafferty

Revise election judge qualifications

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Revise laws related to disposition of certain property held by law enforcement

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Generally revise education funding, implement general appropriations bill

Sponsor: Donald Jones

Generally revise transparency in state employee settlement laws

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Amend TIF laws related to public hearings and reporting

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Generally revise motor vehicle laws

Sponsor: Zach Brown

Prohibit importing certain animal body parts from chronic wasting disease states

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Encouraging the office of public instruction to prevent child sex trafficking

Sponsor: Terry Gauthier

generally revise laws related to sage grouse

Sponsor: Mike Lang

Generally revise gaming laws

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Generally revise landlord tenant laws to allow voluntary electronic notification

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Clarify Smith River corridor funding

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Revise laws regarding sexual intercourse without consent

Sponsor: Sue Malek

Revise state school transportation reimbursement laws

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Revise the Montana rural physician incentive program

Sponsor: Albert Olszewski

Revise laws related to livestock loss

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Revise laws on forest reserve money kept in state treasury

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Revise the major facility siting act

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

Repeal the sunset on the hunters against hunger program

Sponsor: Jeffrey Welborn

Establish the Montana Pulse Crop Committee

Sponsor: Mike Lang

Revise laws related to discounted FWP licenses for certain nonresidents

Sponsor: Jedediah Hinkle

Revise drivers license laws related to veterans

Sponsor: Theresa Manzella

Exempt health savings accounts from claims

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Revise laws concerning use of cadavers in medical and nursing education

Sponsor: Albert Olszewski

Provide for uniform act regarding fiduciary access to digital assets

Sponsor: Mary McNally

Generally revise hydraulic fracturing disclosure

Sponsor: Tom Richmond

Revise drug and mental health treatment court laws

Sponsor: Margaret MacDonald

Encourage accessible playgrounds statewide

Sponsor: Jean Price

Code commissioner bill

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Revise laws regarding contractual right to attorney fees

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Generally revise legislative bill drafting process laws

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Revising local government selection procedures for professional services

Sponsor: Steve Hinebauch

Revise distribution of death certificate fee increase

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Revise workers compensation to allow termination of payments due to fraud

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Generally revise school funding laws

Sponsor: Donald Jones

Require timelines for review of a final subdivision plat

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Allows credit and debit card purchases as evidence for agricultural use estimate

Sponsor: Scott Staffanson

Provide for practice of physical therapy through telemedicine

Sponsor: Ron Ehli

Revise sanitation in subdivisions rule requirements

Sponsor: Adam Hertz

Provide funding for coal bed methane protection program

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Revise laws for retail beer license lottery

Sponsor: Donald Jones

Generally revise election laws

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Revise tax laws related to vehicles

Sponsor: Alan Redfield

Clarify laws related to property tax assistance programs

Sponsor: Becky Beard

Revise highway revenue laws

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Revise net metering incentives

Sponsor: Mike Lang

Adopt the Montana Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Revise 'sports pools' to allow range of buy-in amounts

Sponsor: Jimmy Patelis

Revise absentee ballot list confirmation laws

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Strengthening guardianship services and creating a WINGS group

Sponsor: Jessica Karjala

Require school districts to address suicide prevention and response

Sponsor: Dennis Lenz

Revise laws related to the governor's use of state aircraft

Sponsor: Brad Tschida

Generally revise the Montana pesticides act

Sponsor: Ray Shaw

Include prepaid telephone accounts as protected from expiration

Sponsor: Jean Price

Adopt the Help Save Lives from Overdose Act

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Oversight of care for current and former MDC patients

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Joint resolution supporting policies for advanced transmission lines

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Referendum on prohibition of ballot collection by certain individuals

Sponsor: Albert Olszewski

Resolution commemorating anniversaries of Montana's military experiences

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Generally revise self-defense laws

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Revise TIF laws regarding use of tax increment

Sponsor: Adam Hertz

Generally revise child abuse and neglect laws

Sponsor: Jeremy Trebas

Clarify warranty period for new motor vehicles as original manufacture's period

Sponsor: Jean Price

Provide for enhancement of stream access in MDT construction projects

Sponsor: Zach Brown

Adopt national popular vote bill

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Revise laws on public retirement system investments

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Exempting certain lot redesigns from Montana Subdivision and Platting Act

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Revise comprehensive school and community treatment services

Sponsor: Jacob Bachmeier

Revise local gov't and school district campaign reporting laws

Sponsor: Derek Skees

Revise laws related to boarding animals

Sponsor: Nels Swandal

Abolish death penalty and replace with life w/o parole

Sponsor: Adam Hertz

Establish elk habitat program and advisory council

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Generally revise laws related to solitary confinement

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise insurance laws

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Revise mature defensive driving laws

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Prohibit texting while driving

Sponsor: Virginia Court

Revise SNAP eligibility

Sponsor: Tom Burnett

Provide for the Montana Local Food Choice Act

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revise individual income tax rate structure

Sponsor: Tom Woods

Provide for off-highway trail pass

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Authorize municipalities to set alternate all-beverages, retail beer quotas

Sponsor: Bruce Grubbs

Allow for aggregate net metering

Sponsor: Jedediah Hinkle

Allow late registrant absentee ballots to be dropped off at polling locations

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Revise juvenile justice laws

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Revise speeding laws

Sponsor: Margaret MacDonald

Create presumption for insurance accidents caused by construction professionals

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Revise TIF laws to require remittance if increment exceeds certain level

Sponsor: Adam Hertz

Creating the family and medical leave insurance act

Sponsor: Jennifer Eck

Generally revise telemedicine laws for physicians

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Establish requirements for accepting sexual/violent offenders in DD group homes

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Allow counties to ask voters to approve nonpartisan or partisan elections

Sponsor: Ross Fitzgerald

Create exception to liquor quota system for residential senior facilities

Sponsor: Adam Hertz

Move department of justice natural resource damage program to Deer Lodge

Sponsor: Gene Vuckovich

Revise laws regarding human trafficking and online advertising

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Clarify water right not abandoned if conveyance disrupted

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Create special needs education savings accounts

Sponsor: Seth Berglee

Increase funding for noxious weed trust fund

Sponsor: Ray Shaw

Revise polling place hours

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Establish public charter schools

Sponsor: Jonathan Windy Boy

Establish renewable energy permitting, decommissioning program

Sponsor: Dennis Lenz

Limit tax increment financing revenue to local mills

Sponsor: Tom Burnett

Joint resolution for a convention of the states to impose federal fiscal limits

Sponsor: Brad Tschida

Prohibit former comm. of pol. practices from performing certain work for office

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Generally revise juvenile criminal records laws

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Establish monitoring and reporting requirements for greenhouse gas emissions

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Revise state secondary highway system funding laws

Sponsor: Mike Lang

Revise maximum age of commitment for youth correctional facilities

Sponsor: Kenneth Holmlund

Interim study on economic impacts of outdoor recreation

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Create program to help veterans with startup costs for micro businesses

Sponsor: Susan Webber

Generally revise laws regarding business and occupational licensing

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Revise property taxes and tax rates

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revise county zoning laws

Sponsor: Jim Hamilton

Revise municipal fire protection laws

Sponsor: Brad Tschida

Encourage national parks to hire locals

Sponsor: Jacob Bachmeier

Revise definition of elder abuse

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Revise laws related to fish pond licenses

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Interim study of statewide broadband

Sponsor: Nate McConnell

Interim study on healthcare and health insurance costs

Sponsor: Andrea Olsen

Study of regulation of plant pests

Sponsor: John Fleming

Interim study on reimbursement for taxes that would be paid on tribal trust land

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Interim study resolution on election system modernization

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Revise lodging facility use tax to construct MHC

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Revise exempt well laws

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Provide for a county veterans service officer pilot program

Sponsor: Brad Tschida

State reimbursement of property taxes for certain exempt tribal property

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revise distribution of lodging tax to convention and visitors bureaus

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Study to examine revising liquor licensing laws

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Statewide sales tax, elimination of income taxes, and reduction of vehicle fees

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Provide for licensure of specialists in educational psychology

Sponsor: Andrea Olsen

Revise aviation fuel taxes

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Appropriating money for security of state information technology systems

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Provide for primary seat belt law for minors

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Revise laws related to the legislative calendar

Sponsor: Jim Hamilton

Revise eyewitness identification law

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Study revising laws regulating beer and wine distribution in the state

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Revise workers' compensation insurance and dissolve the state fund

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Revise laws related to legislative property

Sponsor: Mark Noland

Generally revise privacy laws concerning protected facilities

Sponsor: Carl Glimm

Revise laws related to closure of certain coal-fired generation

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Interim study of agritourism

Sponsor: Diane Sands

Provide for enhanced driver's license

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Provide student loan forgiveness for new farmers

Sponsor: Zach Brown

Revise liquor laws to change hours, fees for microdistilleries, small brewers

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revise business related travel expense deductions

Sponsor: Jedediah Hinkle

Interim study of the legalization and control of recreational marijuana

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Generally revise public defender laws, provide for county public defenders

Sponsor: Randy Brodehl

Requesting interim study of MUS governance structure

Sponsor: Katherin Kelker

Generally revise liquor laws relating to overlapping quota areas

Sponsor: Bruce Grubbs

Establishing a coal transition working group

Sponsor: Janet Ellis

Revise procedure for calculation of mills for educational purposes

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Revise laws related to schedule II drugs

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Legalize blackjack and allocate proceeds

Sponsor: Wylie Galt

Create legislative study committee on reference-based pricing

Sponsor: Tom Woods

Resolution to recognize equal pay day

Sponsor: Jennifer Eck

Special capital gains tax rate on employee-owned Montana stock

Sponsor: Adam Hertz

Montana Indian Reservation Economic Development Act

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Extend certain benefits for veterans to additional military honor recipients

Sponsor: Wendy McKamey

Generally revise laws to facilitate public/private partnerships

Sponsor: Jeffrey Welborn

Revise laws related to unpaid warrants and impoundment fees

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Terminate Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission

Sponsor: Nancy Ballance

Revise laws related to bringing Montana into compliance with federal real ID act

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Generally revise vehicle title laws

Sponsor: Gordon Pierson

Creating soft drink tax for state parks and aquatic invasive species

Sponsor: Bridget Smith

Provide for certified prescribed burning

Sponsor: Ray Shaw

Allow permanent registration of heavy trucks, truck-tractors

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Generally revise alcohol tax laws

Sponsor: Lea Whitford

Create a task force to study child abuse/neglect laws and legal processes

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Require Medicaid coverage of marriage and family therapist services

Sponsor: Jon Knokey

Repeal local option fuel tax

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Provide phase-out of energy production or development property tax abatement

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Limit capital gains income tax credit

Sponsor: Jim Hamilton

Interim study relating to fantasy sports

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Interim study of land use regulations and workforce housing

Sponsor: Adam Hertz

Generally revise infrastructure funding laws

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Study issues related to water rights

Sponsor: Theresa Manzella

Revise laws concerning ambulance services

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Provide income taxpayers with an opportunity for a fresh start

Sponsor: Adam Hertz

Revise laws related to use of fishing access sites and wildlife management areas

Sponsor: Denley Loge

Revise laws related to mental competency of persons accused of a crimes

Sponsor: Mary Caferro

Revise vehicle registration fee laws related to veterans

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Revising employment laws for hiring incentives for Indians

Sponsor: George Kipp

Revise tax exemption laws for certain nonprofit pharmacy operations

Sponsor: Albert Olszewski

Constitutional amendment to revise legislator term limit laws

Sponsor: Ray Shaw

Allow retail licensees to have a brew pub and distiller endorsement

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Montana pet breeders act

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revise education funding laws related to tax increment financing

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Increase sales tax on lodging and direct portion of proceeds to invasive species

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Revise state procurement laws

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Revise outdoor advertising laws

Sponsor: Shane Morigeau

Provide regulations for moored vessels

Sponsor: Mark Noland

Prohibit county attorneys from selling alcohol or owning alcohol establishments

Sponsor: Wylie Galt

Resolution to revise Montana's Strategic Suicide Prevention Plan of 2017

Sponsor: Brad Tschida

Revise volume for exempt water right

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Revise insurance laws pertaining to water damage

Sponsor: Jeremy Trebas

Clarify recreational prospecting exemption

Sponsor: Jean Price

Prohibit state use of private for-profit prison

Sponsor: Casey Schreiner

Generally revising laws related to boycotts of Israel

Sponsor: Austin Knudsen

Generally revise DUI laws

Sponsor: Sue Malek

Generally revise laws for assault of an officer

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Clarify types of firearms included in hunter safety instruction

Sponsor: Bob Brown

Allowing conversion of condo to townhouse

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Require actuarial report using alternative assumption for investment earnings

Sponsor: Tom Burnett

Allow consumptive hour for consumers at microdistilleries

Sponsor: Ray Shaw

Revise definition of practice of barbering

Sponsor: Casey Knudsen

Review nondegradation rules for subdivisions

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Establish the Montana Suicide Review Team

Sponsor: Jessica Karjala

Revise laws pertaining to uninsured and underinsured motorist vehicle insurance

Sponsor: Andrea Olsen

Establish online voter registration

Sponsor: Kim Abbott

Revise federal office holder state vacancy and appointment laws

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Referendum to revise who pays for litigation costs

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Prohibit use of tanning devices for person under 16 years old absent consent

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Revise landlord and tenant laws regarding collection of judgment against tenant

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Require DPHHS to establish registry of suicide prevention trainers

Sponsor: Laurie Bishop

Generally revise laws related to aquatic invasive species

Sponsor: Mark Noland

Provide for fragrance ingredient disclosure for cosmetics

Sponsor: Nate McConnell

Generally revise vehicle title laws

Sponsor: Gordon Pierson

Generally revise school transportation laws

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Revise standards of evidence in child abuse and neglect cases

Sponsor: Jeremy Trebas

Revise post conviction relief laws

Sponsor: Shane Morigeau

Restrict use of light bars on vehicles

Sponsor: Tom Welch

Revise motor vehicle fee for state parks, facilities, and fishing access

Sponsor: Virginia Court

Generally revise criminal laws regarding testimony from accomplices/informants

Sponsor: Nels Swandal

Revising the administration of state parks and related recreational programs

Sponsor: Kerry White

Establish requirements for advanced meter usage

Sponsor: Adam Rosendale

Disapprove Supreme Court rules on substitution

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Allow certain card transaction fees

Sponsor: Jeremy Trebas

Requiring certain utilities to file general rate cases

Sponsor: Tom Woods

Revise local government authority of certain speed limits

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Revise laws governing public road access

Sponsor: Edith McClafferty

Authorize automatic voter registration

Sponsor: Moffie Funk

Revise laws concerning title insurance policies

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Prohibit chronically incapacitated substance abuse in public places

Sponsor: Katherin Kelker

Redefine youth correctional facility and state prison

Sponsor: Kenneth Holmlund

Constitutional referendum to safeguard right to hunt, fish, and trap wildlife

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Revise laws related to prevailing wage and district dispatch criteria

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Prohibit pipelines from crossing under streams and lakes

Sponsor: George Kipp

Prohibit use of alternative energy loan account for virtual net metering

Sponsor: Tom Richmond

Revise campaign finance laws to ban PAC to PAC transfers

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Establish youth-only hunting season

Sponsor: Steve Lavin

Revise funding for career and vocational/technical education

Sponsor: Kelly McCarthy

Generally revise laws related to rentals

Sponsor: Lola Sheldon-Galloway

Require health warning for raw milk sales

Sponsor: Diane Sands

Exempt certain sports coaches from unemployment, workers' comp exemption

Sponsor: Dave Fern

Revise civil liability laws related to common carrier pipelines

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Exempt portion of homestead market value from property taxes

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Allow lighted nocks on arrows for big game hunting

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Joint Resolution urging Wyoming to discontinue artificial feeding of elk

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Provide for qualified immunity for U.S. border patrol agents

Sponsor: Jacob Bachmeier

Generally revise housing laws for disabled and criminally convicted individuals

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Establish the Montana Pay Equity Act

Sponsor: Sue Malek

Prohibit certain underwriting factors for private passenger insurance

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Require Dept. of Revenue to amend rule for active duty tax exemption

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Revise motor vehicle registration fees for parks

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Require one license plate on certain motor vehicles

Sponsor: Barry Usher

Revise school funding laws related to inflation and 6th grade per-ANB amount

Sponsor: Katherin Kelker

Revise outfitter reporting laws

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Revise tax rates to mitigate reappraisal

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

Confirm Governor's appointees to boards relating to education

Sponsor: Daniel Salomon

Generally revise state employee travel and per diem laws

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Change the opt-in for TBI to an opt-out on vehicle registration forms

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Revise outdoor advertising laws

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Clarify provider agreement laws

Sponsor: Adam Hertz

Establish label requirements for pasteurized milk

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Allowing funds in wolf management account to be used for management activities

Sponsor: Mike Phillips

Revising reporting for the State-Tribal Economic Development Commission

Sponsor: Patricia Peppers

Revise laws related to payment of costs at county detention centers

Sponsor: Moffie Funk

Consider housing needs in Montana State Hospital discharge plans

Sponsor: Ellie Boldman

Prohibit restriction of certain deer permits

Sponsor: Cary Smith

Revising laws related to nonresident relative hunting and fishing licenses

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Revise tax increment finance laws

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

Revise analysis of Muddy Creek water rights

Sponsor: Ross Fitzgerald

Provide licensing, regulation of anesthesiologist assistants

Sponsor: Donald Jones

Generally revise laws related to maintenance of fishing access sites

Sponsor: Alan Redfield

Require reporting of pricing factors for certain prescription drugs

Sponsor: Jessica Karjala

Increase number of district court judges

Sponsor: Nate McConnell

Confirm Governor's appointee to Board of Outfitters

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

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

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Provide process for designating roads as public

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Require vacation rentals to collect bed taxes

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Revise laws related to occupational diseases

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Tax deduction for employers for employee student loan reimbursements

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Require certain costs paid to detention centers be based on actual costs

Sponsor: Donald Jones

Revise laws related to adverse childhood experiences

Sponsor: Jessica Karjala

Eliminate late filing penalty for taxpayers that are entitled to a refund

Sponsor: Brad Tschida

Generally revise criminal justice laws

Sponsor: Margaret MacDonald

Revise laws related to the use of certain chemical de-icers on Montana roads

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Declaration of policy regarding foster parents and foster children

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Assign warranty responsibility to registered contractor for work under contract

Sponsor: Dennis Lenz

Revise laws relating to title insurance

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Establish an angel investor/venture capital tax credit

Sponsor: Jim Hamilton

Constitutional amendment to establish natural resources trust fund

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Revise independent candidate filing laws

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Revise laws related to state funding of higher education

Sponsor: Jacob Bachmeier

Revise school funding related to facilities

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Revise oil and gas tax laws

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Eliminate income taxes on social security benefits

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Revise adult protective services

Sponsor: Moffie Funk

Generally revise law enforcement academy funding laws

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Revise postsecondary scholarships to address teacher pipeline

Sponsor: Mary Moe

Allowing worker to choose treating physician in workers'' compensation cases

Sponsor: Andrea Olsen

Provide supplemental funding to department of transportation

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Prohibit local restrictions on electronic devices while driving

Sponsor: Jeremy Trebas

Interim study on the coal trust fund

Sponsor: Dave Fern

Volunteer Health Services Act

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Provide funding for middle grades career and technical education

Sponsor: Sue Vinton

Establish grant program for early grades dual language immersion programs

Sponsor: Dave Fern

Limit use of exploding targets on public land

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Repealing the water''s-edge election for corporate income tax purposes

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

Revise legislator surplus campaign funds law

Sponsor: Dave Fern

Establish requirements for police dogs

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Revise campaign finance report laws

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Create task force to study public employee health benefits

Sponsor: Mary Moe

Revise liquor laws to clarify distance requirements with respect to schools

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Raise minimum wage in Montana

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Revise commercial fertilizer assessment laws

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Prohibit the sale or trade of cultural patrimony and sacred objects

Sponsor: George Kipp

Authorize youth election judges

Sponsor: Kathy Swanson

Revise distribution of base hunting license revenue

Sponsor: Kelly Flynn

Create presumptive illness for firefighters

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Provide an appropriation for grants to local veteran suicide prevention efforts

Sponsor: Jonathan Windy Boy

Require interim committees and EQC to adopt rules to allow proxies

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Revise mental health screening laws

Sponsor: Mary Dunwell

Exempt military pensions from state income tax

Sponsor: Jeremy Trebas

Establish a Montana trade center in Calgary

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Require certain licensed health professionals be trained in suicide prevention

Sponsor: Wendy McKamey

Bonding program

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Provide for an intervention hearing for parolees

Sponsor: Jen Gross

Allow for biennial county matching grants for mental health crisis intervention

Sponsor: Jessica Karjala

Eliminate the nonqualified agricultural property designation

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Provide support for communities affected by closure of coal-fired generation

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Actuarial funding for the Game Wardens' and Peace Officers' Retirement System

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

State employee pay plan

Sponsor: Moffie Funk

Require public defender workload assessment study

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Establish wildfire fuel reduction funding process

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Establish Surface Water Assessment and Monitoring Program

Sponsor: Carl Glimm

Revise laws concerning deposit and expenditure of highway revenue

Sponsor: Brian Hoven

Generally revising funding for civil legal aid

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Revenue estimating resolution

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Revise school funding related to special education

Sponsor: Katherin Kelker

Revising predatory animal definitions

Sponsor: Janet Ellis

Require disclosure of dates of certain campaign contributions

Sponsor: Wendy McKamey

Authorize online voter registration

Sponsor: Geraldine Custer

Revise agricultural valuation laws related to property under a residence

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Provide for primary enforcement of seatbelt laws

Sponsor: Dick Barrett

Provide for suicide prevention among American Indian and rural youth

Sponsor: Jonathan Windy Boy

Amend laws related to an urban renewal agency board of commissioners

Sponsor: Brian Hoven

Generally revise school funding

Sponsor: Denise Hayman

Revise department of transportation property transfer laws

Sponsor: Denley Loge

Increase net metering cap for certain customer generators

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Revise eligibility of land for agricultural valuation

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Allow in-house counsel to be deputy commissioner of political practices

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Create a grant program for training volunteer respite providers

Sponsor: Gordon Pierson

Revise school funding related to special education

Sponsor: Katherin Kelker

Interim study on funding and services for developmentally disabled adults

Sponsor: Jim Hamilton

Interim study of municipal fire protection

Sponsor: Adam Hertz

Interim study on agricultural property valuation

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Legislative interim study on tax increment financing

Sponsor: Adam Hertz

Supporting permanent authorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act

Sponsor: Jonathan Windy Boy

Establish grant program to eliminate tuition for certain postsecondary programs

Sponsor: Shane Morigeau

Revise transportation laws regarding travel in right lane

Sponsor: Shane Morigeau

Provide process to hold patients harmless from balance billing by air ambulance

Sponsor: Gordon Vance

Revise MT Indian language preservation program

Sponsor: Jonathan Windy Boy

Revise insurance laws relating to annuity surrender fees

Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick

Confirm Governor's appointee to Board of Optometry

Sponsor: David Howard

Remove certain items from conceal carry laws

Sponsor: Kirk Wagoner

Confirm Governor's appointees for the Board of Water Well Contractors

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Confirm Chief Justice appointment to Water Court

Sponsor: Chas Vincent

Confirm Governor's appointee to the Board of Public Ed

Sponsor: Daniel Salomon

Confirm Governor's appointee to Public Employees' Retirement Board

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Confirm Governor's appointee for Director, Dept. of Transportation

Sponsor: Gordon Vance

Revise county crisis intervention and jail diversion grant procedures

Sponsor: Ron Ehli

Confirm Governor's appointees to Transportation Commission

Sponsor: Gordon Vance

Reallocate funds related to Blackfeet Tribe water compact

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Revise laws related to juvenile offenders and registration as sex offender

Sponsor: Nels Swandal

Revising laws regarding trespass

Sponsor: Peggy Webb

Provide for physician assistant supervision of medical assistants

Sponsor: Denise Hayman

Revise outfitter assistant laws

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Extend statutory appropriation from hard rock mining impact trust account

Sponsor: Forrest Mandeville

Authorize interstate healthcare compact

Sponsor: Nancy Ballance

Revise laws related to state parks' administration

Sponsor: Bradley Hamlett

Exempt seasonal outdoor recreation providers' employees from certain labor laws

Sponsor: Vince Ricci

Regulate certain air ambulance memberships as insurance

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Confirm Governor's appointees to the Board of Oil and Gas Conservation

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Confirm Governor's appointee as Director to Fish, Wildlife, and Parks

Sponsor: Jennifer Fielder

Generally revise laws on storage units/rentals

Sponsor: Jeff Essmann

Confirm Governor's appointees to business-related boards

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Revise k-12 school district expansion laws

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Requiring search warrant for gov access to electronic devices

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Appropriate money to assist/intervene/plan for closure of coal-fired generation

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Generally revise net metering

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Revise the Montana Federal Mandates Act

Sponsor: Bill Harris

Establish Conrad Burns Memorial Highway

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Revise laws regarding taxation of certain airlines

Sponsor: Mike Lang

Generally revise laws related to first aid training in schools

Sponsor: Edith McClafferty

Allocate wild buffalo licenses to tribes for traditional purposes

Sponsor: Bridget Smith

Confirm Governor's appointee for Director, Department of Commerce

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Revise construction industry in workers' compensation premium credit program

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Revise pass-through entity withholding

Sponsor: Mark Blasdel

Generally revise laws related to legislative broadcasting services

Sponsor: Jon Sesso

Generally revise state laws related to immigration and refugees

Sponsor: Derek Skees

Provide income tax benefits to employers and students for higher education costs

Sponsor: Bill Harris

Clarify allowed use of groomed snowmobile trails with snowmobile trail pass

Sponsor: Kerry White

Prohibit the use of $0 claims for insurance policy cancellation or renewal

Sponsor: Mary McNally

Revise laws relating to agr. and construction equip. manufacturers

Sponsor: Brian Hoven

Revise northwest power and conservation council member appointment laws

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Create local government interim committee

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Revise laws related to exemptions for certain divisions of lands

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Revise when a primary must be held for county nonpartisan offices.

Sponsor: Nels Swandal

Generally revising laws related to local governments

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Generally revise concealed weapons laws

Sponsor: Barry Usher

Provide that volunteer positions are not reportable to TRS

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Revise times state officers and candidates file business disclosure reports

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Generally revise public accountant laws

Sponsor: Adam Hertz

Extend milk regulations to hoofed mammals

Sponsor: Jill Cohenour

Prohibit the application of foreign law in state courts

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Confirm Governor's appointees to the Montana Arts Council

Sponsor: Daniel Salomon

Confirm Governor's appointees to the Montana Arts Council

Sponsor: Daniel Salomon

Revise laws relating to marriage and family therapy

Sponsor: Lola Sheldon-Galloway

Clarify education laws related to minimum aggregate hours and proficiency

Sponsor: Llew Jones

Revising stipends for national board certified teachers

Sponsor: Mary Moe

Generally revise securities and insurance laws pertaining to the State Auditor

Sponsor: Moffie Funk

Establish a palliative care advisory council and education program

Sponsor: Wendy McKamey

Remove termination date on outfitter assistant laws

Sponsor: Kelly Flynn

Grant county commission authority to correct certain election results

Sponsor: Mike Cuffe

Ensure fire service training fees are deposited consistent with higher ed funds

Sponsor: Randy Brodehl

Revising voter qualification and designation in irrigation district elections

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Revising rulemaking for reporting to Board of Outfitters

Sponsor: Nels Swandal

Create statutory appropriation for radioactive waste account

Sponsor: Katherin Kelker

Revise requirement for interim committees to review advisory boards, reports

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Require education program for water commissioners

Sponsor: Sharon Stewart-Peregoy

Revise reimbursement for pharmacies

Sponsor: Edward Greef

Revise pari-mutuel fantasy sports takeout rate and distribution laws

Sponsor: Daniel Salomon

Revise legal fence laws

Sponsor: Casey Knudsen

Revise allowable harvest volume for certain state land timber harvest

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Revise livestock transportation permit laws

Sponsor: Casey Knudsen

Revise physician assistant laws involving the provision of mental health care

Sponsor: Kelly McCarthy

Generally revise telephone cooperative laws

Sponsor: Ross Fitzgerald

Revise laws on sexual abuse of children

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Joint resolution regarding the keystone pipeline

Sponsor: Mike Lang

Revise laws regarding the recording of public meetings

Sponsor: Bryce Bennett

Provide deadline for treatment plans and permanency hearings

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Confirm Governor's appointees to the Board of Regents of Higher Education

Sponsor: Daniel Salomon

Confirm Governor's appointees to the POST Council

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Require release of case records if child exposed to dangerous drugs

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Revise profession and occupation regarding realty regulation

Sponsor: Carlie Boland

Increase taxpayer appeal options and create informal procedures

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Generally revise laws related to Fort Peck hatchery

Sponsor: Bob Brown

Extend bond validating act

Sponsor: Jessica Karjala

Provide liability limits for emergency care by volunteer emergency responders

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Require MDT to inform the public regarding certain highway construction

Sponsor: Mike Lang

Revise period of retention for unclaimed veteran remains

Sponsor: Adam Rosendale

Prohibit enforcement of a right of first refusal in auto franchise contracts

Sponsor: Gordon Vance

Designate fiscal agent as employer for workers'' compensation insurance

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Exempting needle and syringe exchange providers from drug paraphernalia laws

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Generally revise automobile franchise laws

Sponsor: Gordon Vance

Revise laws related to volunteer emergency personnel and worker's comp insurance

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Revising temporary roadblock laws

Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov

Revise laws related to approval of accounting system for state contractors

Sponsor: Jen Gross

Revise publication and distribution requirements for MAR and ARM

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Providing rules for calculation of milk license fees

Sponsor: Alan Redfield

Revising laws related to county bounties on predators

Sponsor: Bill Harris

Statutory appropriation to the department of revenue for cigarette tax stamps

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Confirm Governor's appointees to boards of PERS and Veterans Affairs

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Confirm Governor appointee for Adjutant General, Department of Military Affairs

Sponsor: Dee Brown

Allow digital carcass tags

Sponsor: Jennifer Pomnichowski

Confirm Governor's appointees to business-related boards

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Confirm Governor's appointees to boards related to business

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Confirm Governor's appointees to the Historical Society Board of Trustees

Sponsor: Daniel Salomon

Repeal assessment computation statute for conservation districts

Sponsor: Zach Brown

Clarify definition of water right change

Sponsor: Bob Brown

Revise laws related to oversized loads to comply with federal law

Sponsor: Jim Keane

Revise tax lien and tax deed laws

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Revise health care practitioner gun shot reporting requirement laws

Sponsor: Frank Garner

Modify when a military member may be turned over to civil authorities for trial

Sponsor: Willis Curdy

Revise board of housing loan-servicing laws

Sponsor: Tom Welch

Revise administration of immunization laws

Sponsor: Janet Ellis

Exempt townhouses from certain subdivision sanitation regulations

Sponsor: Adam Hertz

Designate Shelby veterans' memorial

Sponsor: Rob Cook

Revise election expenditure laws relating to candidate filing fee

Sponsor: Douglas Kary

Revise appointment of public defender for putative father in neglect cases

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Create grant program for behavioral health crisis response by law enforcement

Sponsor: Ron Ehli

Request study of funding for education programs for special needs students

Sponsor: Katherin Kelker

Revise food safety laws

Sponsor: Gordon Pierson

Revising laws related to minor in possession data

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Revise handgun laws pertaining to federal property

Sponsor: Randy Brodehl

Provide inflationary increase for ANB funding

Sponsor: Seth Berglee

Confirm Governor's appointees related to architecture, engineering, real estate

Sponsor: Edward Buttrey

Confirm Governor's appointees to Board of Veterinary Medicine

Sponsor: Brian Hoven

Clarify FWP residency requirement for armed forces member, spouse & dependent

Sponsor: Kerry White

Revise university system retirement plan participation requirements

Sponsor: Marilyn Ryan

Generally revise Teachers' Retirement System

Sponsor: Marilyn Ryan

Confirm Governor's appointee to health-related boards

Sponsor: David Howard

Establish holistic defense pilot project within state public defender system

Sponsor: Kimberly Dudik

Revise licensing of general insurance agent laws

Sponsor: Dave Fern

Require withholding annual returns, W2s, and 1099s to be filed earlier

Sponsor: Jim Hamilton

Amend laws related to remittance of tax increment

Sponsor: Greg Hertz

Authorize informal review deadline for second year property reappraisal cycle

Sponsor: Dave Fern

Revise terms for livestock loss prevention grants

Sponsor: Frederick Moore

Transfer jury list duties from secretary of state to court administrator

Sponsor: Kathy Swanson

Extend the paddlefish roe donation program

Sponsor: Steve Hinebauch

Revising laws related to donation of game meat for nonprofit meal distribution

Sponsor: Jeremy Trebas

Study of renewable energy credits in Montana

Sponsor: Patrick Connell

Generally revise board of real estate appraisers terms of service

Sponsor: Tom Jacobson

Allow Dissemination of Confidential Criminal Justice Info to Adjutant General

Sponsor: Kim Abbott

Clarify that highway structures not subject to building code requirements

Sponsor: Brian Hoven

Confirm Governor appointees to the Judiciary

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Confirm Governor's appointee to 5th Judicial District

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Revise reporting for business industrial development corporations

Sponsor: Ryan Lynch

Revise interim committee review authority over alcohol beverage laws

Sponsor: Vince Ricci

Eliminate the electrical licensing exemption for grid-tied generation

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Confirm Governor's appointees to boards related to public safety

Sponsor: Keith Regier

Confirm Governor appointees to Board of County Printing

Sponsor: Roger Webb

Joint rules resolution

Sponsor: Fred Thomas

Confirm Governor's appointee to NW Power Planning Council

Sponsor: Duane Ankney

Revise INTERCAP loan program

Sponsor: Thomas Facey

Add member to Board of Optometry

Sponsor: Gene Vuckovich

Senate resolution regarding litigation involving the Senate confirmation process

Sponsor: Nels Swandal

Revise tax laws related to pollution control equipment

Revise interest payments in civil cases

Generally revise driver's license and state identification laws

Generally revise state fiscal laws

Revise laws related to corporate loss carryback and carryforward

Revise the apprentice hunter program

Require PSC review of net metering interconnection

Establish contract requirements for the WWAMI program

Revise collection of payment for historic rights of way

Revise laws related to utility line extensions

Revise off-highway vehicle/recreational vehicle laws

Provide a procedure for electronically issued search warrants

Generally revise laws related to state government pay plans

Revise laws related to community colleges and bonding

Revise temporary registration permits

Clarify highway patrol funding sources and increase certain registration fees

Provide that it is unlawful to feed wild turkeys

Remove mandatory jail for driving on suspended or revoked license

Prohibit use or sale of certain urine as cover scent

Revise nursery licensing, fees, inspections, and penalties

Revise laws for prosecutorial immunity for Marsy's law

Establishing requirements for the EPSDT benefit

Revise laws related to criminal jurisdiction on the Flathead Indian Reservation

Allow certain gambling with cash or check

Revise K-12 school funding laws to address facilities

Revise economic development laws related to Indian country, tourism

Revise laws on strangulation of a partner or family member

Generally revise laws related to the board of pardons and parole

Require DPHHS to streamline procedures related to mental health services

Revising laws related to assisted care facility licensing and mental health

Interim study of EMS and volunteer firefighters

Interim study of tribal resources for mbrs involved in criminal justice system

An interim study of intractable unemployment in high-poverty counties

Study emergency care provider training and scope of practice

Interim study on property taxation of utility property

Interim study regarding coal phase-out

Resolution recognizing the USS Billings

Exempting pulse processing equipment from property taxation

Appropriate funds for City of Laurel water intake project

Create school facilities subtrust within coal tax trust fund

Allow increase property tax abatement for new or expanding industry

Implement the provisions of the general appropriations bill Section D

Revise and update 9-1-1 laws

Revise leave laws affecting certain community college staff

Fund direct care worker wage increases

Provide for loans to an owner of a coal-fired generating unit

Generally revise laws applicable to local government

Provide funding for sage grouse stewardship

Establish licensure of eating disorder centers

Create Montana wildlife habitat improvement and public access act

Recognizing source watersheds

Revise public defender system and provide for a director hired by DOA

Renewable resource grants

Implement the provisions of the general appropriations bill Sec. A

Generally revise laws related to invasive species

Generally revise laws related to district court judge numbers

Cultural and aesthetic grants