The schedule is subject to change. Current information on the session, including committee hearing information and full bill texts, is available on the Internet at: http://leg.state.mt.us/session.htm
Friday, Feb. 2
House Business and Labor, Room 172, 8 a.m.-HB492, Himmelberger, quality service allowance for minimum wage. HB508, Rice, revise wages definition to reduce unemployment ins. and work comp contributions.
House Education, Room 137, 3 p.m.-HB454, Mcgillvray, revise college saving tax deduction.
House Human Services, Room 152, 3 p.m.-HB386, Ripley, exclude life estates from assets for Medicaid eligibility.
House Judiciary, Room 137, 8 a.m.-HB292, Stahl, revise local government leasing laws. HB340, Wells, citizen self-defense and firearms rights. HB403, Jore, constitutionally recognize life begins at conception. HB420, Koopman, exempt Montana-made firearms, accessories, ammunition from fed commerce clause. HB459, Heinert, revise fetus transport for autopsy purposes.
House Natural Resources, Room 472, 3 p.m.-HB261, Jopek, mercury disposal standards. HB282, Erickson, sequestration to slow global warming. HB291, Ross, exempt commercial AG grinders from air quality permit requirements. HB473, Ross, eliminate water adjudication fee.
House State Administration, Room 455, 8 a.m.-HB498, Sands, revise sick leave eligibility for public employees. HR4, Lambert, encourage state to partner with private researchers for public policy projects.
House Taxation, Room 152, 8 a.m.-HB458, Olson, repeal wholesale energy transaction tax. HB463, Villa, revise taxation of new or expanded business enterprise property. HB490, French, adoption tax credit.
House Transportation, Room 455, 3 p.m.-HB309, Bergren, revise biodiesel and ethanol laws. HB419, Koopman, revise fuel taxes.
Senate Business, Labor, and Economic, Room 422, 9 a.m.-SB343, Bales, revise laws relating to insurance adjusters.
Senate Education and Cultural Resources, Room 303, 3 p.m.-SB297, Ryan, stop loss pool for school health insurance. SB335, Tash, add youth challenge to per educator and professional payments.
Senate Judiciary, Room 303, 8 a.m.-SB255, Mcgee, restrict expenditure of public funds for employee benefits. SB371, Kaufmann, include sexual orientation and gender identity in certain laws. SB373, Gillan, sexual predator regulation.
Senate Natural Resources and Energy, Room 422, 3 p.m.-SB241, Kaufmann, generally revise oil and gas laws.
Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety, Room 317AAA, 3 p.m.-SB118, Cobb, eliminate sunset for hospital bed tax. SB182, Cobb, set physician Medicaid rates as a percentage of rates paid by Medicare. SB354, Lind, revise physician medicaid reimbursement conversion factor.
Senate State Administration, Room 335, 3 p.m.-SB270, Larson, revise filing deadline for independent candidates, minor parties. SB272, O'Neil, revise campaign contribution reporting. SB285, Cooney, exempt wildlife center from building naming law. SB286, Cooney, revise capitol complex building naming law. SB308, Peterson, revise road levy election law.
Monday, Feb. 5
House Appropriations, Room 102, upon adj-HB343, Rice, appropriation for legislative legal action in wolf delisting lawsuit.
House Business and Labor, Room 172, 9 a.m.-HB461, Ebinger, cigarette fire safety standards. HB471, Dickenson, rent notification for elderly and disabled. HB482, Hamilton, disclosure of insurance underwriting information.
House Education, Room 137, 3 p.m.-HB417, Hollenbaugh, revise school finance laws.
House Federal Relations, Energy, and, Room 172, 3 p.m.-HB427, Bergren, revise universal system benefits law. HB526, Groesbeck, revise territorial integrity act. HJ20, Milburn, urge recognition of federal damage to Whitmore ravine.
House Human Services, Room 152, 3 p.m.-HB359, Dutton, individual medical lab test without physicians orders. HJ18, Cohenour, study chronic pulmonary obstructive disease and asthma.
House Judiciary, Room 137, 9 a.m.-HB306, Jore, prohibit State from ceding jurisdiction over certain nontribally owned fee lands. HB422, Cohenour, revise requirements for probationary driver's license or license reinstatement. HB452, Kottel, achievement credit for parolees.
House Natural Resources, Room 472, 3 p.m.-HB271, Mcnutt, revise makeup of board of environmental review. HB276, Mcnutt, revise rulemaking authority of board of environmental review. HJ8, Hendrick, resolution urging timber sale bonds.
House State Administration, Room 455, 8 a.m.-HB63, Musgrove, actuarially fund teacher retirement system. HB95, Olson, provide increase in employer contribution to optional retirement program. HB125, Kasten, repay loan for startup costs of the defined contribution retirement plan.
House Transportation, Room 455, 3 p.m.-HB413, Milburn, license plate fee waiver for national guard. HB428, Gallik, revise junk vehicle laws.
Senate Education and Cultural Resources, Room 303, 3 p.m.-SB362, Cobb, revise compensation of school board trustees. SJ4, Curtiss, support funding for Secure Rural School and Community Self-determination Act.
Senate Judiciary, Room 303, 9 a.m.-SB323, Laslovich, limit duration of certificate of public advantage.
Senate Natural Resources and Energy, Room 422, 3 p.m.-SB365, Story, revise laws related to water distribution and water commissioners. SB370, Tash, revise law on water right abandonment. SB376, Jackson, revise water marketing law. SJ3, Weinberg, urge funding for restoration of parks, battlefields, and monuments.
Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety, Room 317AA, 3 p.m.-HB215, Kerns, ban human cloning research. SB287, Weinberg, revise uniform anatomical gift act.
Senate State Administration, Room 335, 3 p.m.-SB279, Balyeat, clean campaign act. SB295, Tash, statutorily providing for MTNG Youth Challenge program. SB310, Brown, prohibit constituency accounts.
Tuesday, Feb. 6
House Agriculture, Room 472, 3 p.m.-HB431, Blasdel, revise procedure for defining classifications of milk- related products. HB432, Wiseman, liability for GMO's that escape property boundaries. HB493, Cohenour, labeling for genetically modified seeds.
House Business and Labor, Room 172, 8 a.m.-HB360, Mcchesney, prohibit use of nonwood bats in competitive nat'l youth league baseball games. HB412, Ebinger, allow transfer of funds between public benefit corporations.
House Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Room 152, 3 p.m.-HB389, Barrett, direct FWP and Commission to rewrite state's elk management plan. HB439, Koopman, exempt ponds from licensure.
House Judiciary, Room 137, 8 a.m.-HB379, Maclaren, apply risk designation to registered but undesignated sex offenders. HB435, Parker, prohibit criminals from profiting from their own crime. HB449, Pomnichowski, reclassify buprenorphine. HB453, Wiseman, citizen data protection act. HB486, Beck, revise requirements for motor vehicle liability insurance.
House Local Government, Room 172, 3 p.m.-HB510, Stahl, revise assessment costs for improvement districts.
House State Administration, Room 455, 8 a.m.-HB131, Sesso, generally revise public employee retirement laws. HB487, Hiner, revise threshold for local government audit.
Senate Business, Labor, and Economic, Room 422, 9 a.m.-SB254, Wanzenried, require collective bargaining neutrality agreement in state services contracts. SB331, Gallus, eliminate credit scoring for auto insurance.
Senate Highways and Transportation, Room 405, 3 p.m.-HJ3, Musgrove, urge port of Wild Horse be kept open 24 hours. SB384, Wanzenried, revise abandoned vehicle laws. SB386, Shockley, revise motor vehicle laws.
Senate Judiciary, Room 303, 8 a.m.-SB346, Shockley, prohibiting certain contracts with illegal aliens. SB379, Laslovich, clarify public defender for postconviction purposes. SB382, Laslovich, establish mental health courts. SB385, Cobb, criminalizing involuntary servitude and trafficking in persons. SB389, Shockley, clarify peace officer arrest of alien violating federal criminal immigration law.
Senate Local Government, Room 335, 3 p.m.-SB284, Moss, revise allocation of bed tax and taxes on rental cars. SB345, Hawks, waterway setbacks for construction.
Senate Taxation, Room 405, 9 a.m.-SB138, Wanzenried, prevent corporations from channeling income to insurance subsidiary. SB220, Elliott, tax law administration -- transactions, compliance, withholding, class 8 exempt..
Wednesday, Feb. 7
House Business and Labor, Room 172, 8 a.m.-HB530, Peterson, require paid rest breaks for certain employees.
House Education, Room 137, 3 p.m.-HB478, Raser, clarify tuition payments for homeless children.
House Judiciary, Room 137, 8 a.m.-HB60, Parker, access to civil justice act, self-help law program. HB305, Thomas, limit liability for sponsored off-highway vehicle activity. HB455, Stoker, allow courts of limited jurisdiction to collect fines over time. HB462, Sands, regulate constituent accounts. HB468, Mcgillvray, confidentiality of physician assistance program.
House Natural Resources, Room 472, 3 p.m.-HB304, Furey, create interim water policy committee. HB320, Ross, close Fiddler Creek subbasin. HJ14, Heinert, urge congressional revision of laws on sale of public property.
House Transportation, Room 455, 3 p.m.-HB332, Thomas, sound emission standards for off-highway vehicles. HB421, Koopman, regulate access to information created by auto event data recorders.
Senate Business, Labor, and Economic, Room 422, 9 a.m.-SB52, Shockley, limit acceptable ID for governmental and banking services. SB148, Shockley, regulatory flexibility act. SB344, Essmann, revise definition of misconduct under unemployment insurance laws.
Senate Judiciary, Room 303, 8 a.m.-SB306, Harrington, eliminate death penalty.
Senate Natural Resources and Energy, Room 422, 3 p.m.-SB391, Weinberg, conservation easements on state land.
Senate State Administration, Room 335, 3 p.m.-SB91, Williams, regulate constituent accounts. SB96, Williams, generally revise initiative and referendum process. SB317, Lewis, restrict land trust merger of title. SB333, Juneau, alternative sites for absentee voting in person. SB340, Gillan, authorize Governor to withdraw proposed rules.
Thursday, Feb. 8
House Agriculture, Room 472, 3 p.m.-HB484, Barrett, Ag protection, enhancement & develop comm to address comp for wildlife damage. HJ17, Cohenour, resolution urging US to allow interstate shipping of MT processed/inspected meat. HJ23, Cohenour, urge farm bill priorities.
House Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Room 152, 3 p.m.-HB398, Hendrick, restrict access to certain big game licenses. HB450, Pomnichowski, partial social security numbers for rec license apps contingent on fed approval. HB476, Van Dyk, revise special elk permit law/waiting period/exceptions.
House Judiciary, Room 137, 8 a.m.-HB464, Peterson, revise damages for unfair claims settlement practices. HB506, Mendenhall, medical treatment, nutrition, and hydration to prevent death. HB514, Caferro, prohibit sex. contact between staff, etc of mental health facilities & residents. HB521, Arntzen, revise burglary law by revising definition of "occupied structure". HB527, Musgrove, revise child abuse reporting.
Senate Business, Labor, and Economic, Room 422, 9 a.m.-SB369, Smith, revise PSC jurisdiction over rural cooperatives.
Senate Judiciary, Room 303, 8 a.m.-SB300, Cooney, primary seatbelt and child passenger safety law. SB392, O'Neil, allow attendance at JP training by paying costs. SJ8, O'Neil, urge Supreme Ct to revise requirements for taking bar exam.
Senate Local Government, Room 335, 3 p.m.-SB14, Harrington, prohibit blocking access on county road unless abandoned. SB201, Laible, revise subdivision laws. SB264, Kaufmann, low-income rates for local government utilities.
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