MT Legislature – Hearings Schedule for Week of Jan 11-13
The following hearings are being held this week at the state legislature. To listen in on the proceedings, click HERE.
Wednesday – January 11 – Legislative Day 8
Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs – Room 422, 8am
SB68 – Revise wholesale drug distribution license through Board of Pharmacy (Dick Barrett)
Senate Judiciary – Room 303, 10am
SB81 – Generally revise coroner laws (Nels Swandal)
SB90 – Remove mandatory jail for driving on suspended or revoked license (Nels Swaldal)
Senate Local Government – Room 405, 3pm
SB79 – Revise laws regarding rural improvement districts for road maintenance (Steve Fitzpatrick)
Senate Natural Resources – Room 303, 3pm
SB15 – Revise collection of payment for historic rights of way (Jill Cohenour)
SB18 – Establish wildfire fuel reduction funding process (Pat Connell)
Senate State Administration – Room 335, 3pm
SB87 – Revise campaign finance report laws (Keith Regier)
House Business and Labor – Room 172, 8:30am
HB80 – General revise laws on secretary of state’s business services (Willis Curdy)
HB106 – Provide registration authority for appraisal management companies (Tom Jacobson)
HB114 – Prohibit the sale or trade of cultural patrimony and sacred objects (George Kipp)
HB122 – Revise Board of Realty Regulation (Casey Schreiner)
HB197 – Generally revise board of real estate appraisers terms of service (Tom Jacobson)
House Education – Room 137, 3pm
HB167 – Encourage school-community partnerships for arts education (Jeremy Trebas)
HB191 – Provide inflationary increase for ANB funding (Seth Berglee)
House Energy, Technology, and Federal Relations – Room 472, 3pm
HB189 – Eliminate certain automatic utility rate adjustments (Daniel Zolnikov)
HB193 – Revise utility electric cost recovery (Tom Woods)
House Human Services – Room 152, 3pm
HB95 – Increasing access to behavioral health care (Gordon Pierson)
HB121 – Remove sunset on patient-centered medical homes (Amanda Curtis)
House Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government – Room 350, 8am
HB2 – General Appropriations Act (Nancy Ballance) (Department of Administration – Health Care & Benefits Division; Risk Management and Tort Division)
House Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services – Room 102, 8am
HB2 – General Appropriations Act (Nancy Ballance) (AMDD – Chemical dependency and mental health services)
House Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Transportation – Room 317C, 8:30am
HB2 – General Appropriations Act (Nancy Ballance) (Department of Transportation)
House Joint Appropriations/Finance and Claims Subcommittee on Judicial Branch, Law Enforcement and Justice – Room 317A, 8am
HB2 – General Appropriations Act (Nancy Ballance) – Department of Justice
House Judiciary – Room 137, 8am
HB111 – Revising laws related to minor in possession data (Ryan Lynch)
HB129 – Revising laws related to privacy in communications (Ellie Hill Smith)
HB181 – Establish requirements for police dogs (Forrest Mandeville)
House Natural Resources – Room 172, 3pm
HB53 – Repeal assessment computation statute for conservation districts (Zach Brown)
HB54 – Revise water right abandonment laws to account for drought plans (Zach Brown)
HB78 – Revise temporary water right lease laws (Ryan Lynch)
House State Administration – Room 455, 9am
HB67 – Generally revise Teachers’ Retirement System (Marilyn Ryan)
HB68 – Revise university system retirement plan participation requirements (Marilyn Ryan)
HB72 – Increase university system supplemental contribution to TRS (Ryan Lynch)
HB159 – Designate Shelby veterans’ memorial (Rob Cook)
House Taxation – Room 152, 8am
HB43 – Authorize informal review deadline for second year property reappraisal cycle (Dave Fern)
HB47 – Revise tax laws to adopt federal regulations for partnerships (Zach Brown)
HB63 – Require withholding annual returns, W2s, and 1099s to be filed earlier (Jim Hamilton)
HB115 – Revise agricultural implements and machinery appraisal laws (George Kipp)
House Transportation – Room 455, 3pm
HB92 – Allow for alternative contracting process for the department of transportation (Frank Garner)
HB170 – Reducing vehicle fees for seniors (Jeremy Trebas)
HB174 – Revising vehicle requirements for the use of headlamps and tail lamps (Barry Usher)
Thursday – January 12 – Legislative Day 9
Senate Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation – Room 335, 3pm
SB73 – Revise laws related to livestock loss (Pat Connell)
Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs – Room 422, 8am
SB80 – Revise dental auxiliary laws (Steve Fitzpatrick)
SB89 – Generally revise automobile franchise laws (Gordon Vance)
Senate Energy and Telecommunications – Room 317, 3pm
SJ2 – Study of renewable energy credits in Montana (Pat Connell)
SB32 – Repeal community renewable energy project requirements (Keith Regier)
Senate Finance and Claims – Room 317, 1:30pm – Hearing will begin at 1:30 pm or upon the adjournment of the Senate Floor Session
SB57 – Clarify highway patrol funding sources and increase certain registration fees (Mark Blasdel)
Senate Fish and Game – Room 422, 3pm
SB74 – Authorize FWP commission to require barbless hooks in catch-and-release waters (Pat Connell)
SB91 – Clarify what constitutes as shooting from a vehicle for hunting purposes (Jedediah Hinkle)
Senate Judiciary – Room 303, 10am
SB9 – Provide for primary enforcement of seatbelt laws (Dick Barrett)
Senate Taxation – Room 405, 9am
SB53 – Repeal biodiesel production incentive (Llew Jones)
SB85 – Submitting a 6-mill levy for support of the Montana University System to voters (Mary Moe)
House Agriculture – Room 137, 3pm
HB157 – Removing restrictions on possession of domestically-bred foxes (Forrest Mandeville)
HB158 – Revise commercial fertilizer assessment laws (Rob Cook)
House Appropriations – Room 102, 3pm
HB203 – Provide supplemental funding to department of transportation (Greg Hertz)
House Business and Labor – Room 172, 8:30am
HB120 – Revise insurance laws pertaining to NAIC accreditation (Jacob Bachmeier)
HB127 – Provide phased-in revisions for pump dispenser, meter testing (Ray Shaw)
HB145 – Adopt NAIC model legislation regarding Annuities (Zach Brown)
House Fish, Wildlife and Parks – Room 152, 3pm
HB97 – Increase block management landowner payment cap (Denley Loge)
HB164 – Revise distribution of base hunting license revenue (Kelly Flynn)
House Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government – Room 350, 8am
HB2 – General Appropriations Act (Nancy Ballance) (Legislative Audit Division fixed costs; Inflation/Deflation)
House Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services – Room 102, 8am
HB2 – General Appropriations Act (Nancy Ballance) (Medicaid and Health Services Administration, Health Resources Division)
House Joint Appropriations/Finance and Claims Subcommittee Long-Range Planning – Room 317B, 8:30am
HB6 – Renewable resource grants (Jim Keane
HB7 – Reclamation and development grants (Jim Keane)
HB8 – Renewable resource bonds and loans (Jim Keane)
House Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Transportation – Room 317C, 8:30am
HB2 – General Appropriations Act (Nancy Ballance) (Department of Natural Resources and Conservation)
House Joint Appropriations/Finance and Claims Subcommittee on Judicial Branch, Law Enforcement and Justice – Room 317A, 8am
HB2 – General Appropriations Act (Nancy Ballance) – Department of Justice
House Judiciary – Room 137, 8am
HB133 – Generally revise sentencing laws (Nate McConnell)
HB165 – Revise punitive damage laws (Greg Hertz)
HB202 – Generally revise laws related to government employees and officers (Kirk Wagoner)
House Legislative Administration – Room 472, 2pm
HB100 – Revise legislative objection polling for administrative rulemaking process (Bryce Bennett)
House Local Government – Room 172, 3pm
HB200 – Revise laws regarding shared equity properties (Dave Fern)
House State Administration – Room 455, 9am
HB79 – Modify when a military member may be turned over to civil authorities for trial (Willis Curdy)
HB136 – Actuarial funding for the Gamer Wardens’ and Peach Officers’ Retirement System (Geraldine Custer)
HB155 – Eliminate election day as state holiday (Greg Hertz)
House Taxation – Room 152, 8am
HB18 – Revise tax lien and tax deed laws (Tom Jacobson)
HB30 – Remove voted levies approved after creation of TIF from tax increment provision (Jeff Essmann) Hearing Cancelled
HB74 – Revise property reappraisal laws (Greg Hertz)
HB76 – Amend laws related to remittance of tax increment (Greg Hertz)
Friday – January 13 – Legislative Day 10 – Draft Deadlines – Floor Amendments – Add/Delete Sponsors
Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs – Room 422, 8am
SB72 – Create presumptive illness for firefighters (Pat Connell)
Senate Judiciary – Room 303, 10am
SB92 – Allow for proxy decision-making in medical care (Albert Olszewski)
House Business and Labor – Room 172, 8:30am
HB160 – Assign warranty responsibility to registered contractor for work under contract (Dennis Lenz)
HB166 – Revising laws related to donation of game meat for nonprofit meal distribution (Jeremy Trebas)
HB172 – Generally revise telephone cooperative laws (Ross Fitzgerald)
House Human Services – Room 152, 3pm
HB24 – Providing protections to vulnerable persons from financial exploitation (Ron Ehli)
HB139 – Revise adult protective services (Moffie Funk)
House Judiciary – Room 137, 8am
HB46 – Generally revising funding for civil legal aid (Kimberly Dudik)
HB64 – Revise child abuse diversion project laws (Kimberly Dudik)
HB168 – Provide for expungement of criminal records for misdemeanors (Zach Brown)
House Natural Resources – Room 172, 3pm
HB99 – Limit adverse effects analysis (Zach Brown)
HB104 – Statutory appropriation for Ground Water Investigation Program (Carl Glimm)
HB107 – Establish Surface Water Assessment and Monitoring Program (Carl Glimm)
House State Administration – Room 455, 9am
HB39 – Adopting the most recent federal laws applicable to the National Guard (Jacob Bachmeier)
House Taxation – Room 152, 8am
HB112 – Revise uniform dispute review procedures for collection of delinquent taxes (Dave Fern)