SAMLN19 Schedule: Week 6 (Feb 11-16) 2-8-19

Weekly Committee Schedule for SAM Followed Bills …

Monday 2-11-19 – Legislative Day 28 MT-PEC Public Education Day on the Hill – 12:00 n – 5:00 pm

House Education Committee Date Time Room Bill Type - Number Short Title Primary Sponsor Comments

11-FEB-19 3:00 PM 137 Provide ongoing funding to the Montana Indian (D) HD 32 Monitor HB 371 Language Preservation Program

11-FEB-19 3:00 PM 137 Create advanced opportunity act for Montana (R) HD 18 1 SF. Support. Incentivize CTE HB 387 students Innovation

11-FEB-19 3:00 PM 137 Generally revise laws related to school safety Daniel R Salomon (R) SD 47 1 SF. Support. Allows school levy for SB 92 safety

Senate Education & Cultural Resources Committee Date Time Room Bill Type - Number Short Title Primary Sponsor Comments

11-FEB-19 3:00 PM 422 Generally revise laws related to state payments to schools (R) HD 39 Monitor HB 127

11-FEB-19 3:00 PM 422 Clarify approval process for new community college district (R) HD 86 Monitor HB 176

11-FEB-19 3:00 PM 422 Generally revise education laws related to Montana youth challenge academy Jeffrey W Welborn (R) SD 36 Monitor SB 197

Tuesday 2-12-19 – Legislative Day 29 SAMLN19 Update Web Meeting UberConference – 1:00 – 2:00 pm

Wednesday 2-13-19 – Legislative Day 30 House Education Committee Date Time Room Bill Type - Number Short Title Primary Sponsor Comments

13-FEB-19 3:00 PM 137 Generally revise education laws related to (D) HD 81 1 SF. Support. Funding available for HB 388 students with exceptional needs spec ed high need identified students

13-FEB-19 3:00 PM 137 Revise administration of Quality Educator Loan Edith (Edie) McClafferty (D) SD 38 1 SF. Support. OPI oversee QEP SB 50 Assistance Program

13-FEB-19 3:00 PM 137 Requiring the University System to report on Keith Regier (R) SD 3 Not a SAM Followed Bill SB 87 student loans

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SAMLN19 Schedule: Week 6 (Feb 11-16) 2-8-19

Senate Education & Cultural Resources Committee Date Time Room Bill Type - Number Short Title Primary Sponsor Comments

13-FEB-19 3:00 PM 422 Revise school election law Daniel R Salomon (R) SD 47 Support SB 130

Thursday 2-14-19 – Legislative Day 31 House Taxation Committee Date Time Room Bill Type - Number Short Title Primary Sponsor Comments

14-FEB-19 9:00 AM 152 Increase inflation limitation on government entities for (R) HD 72 Monitor. Determine if the bill HB 372 property tax levies impacts schools?

Education Appropriations Subcommittee 8:45-12:00 Rm 472 Executive Action on Section E (Maybe Program 6 – OPI and Program 9 – Funding for K-12 Schools)

Friday 2-15-19 – Legislative Day 32 Education Appropriations Subcommittee 8:45-12:00 Rm 472 Executive Action on Section E (Maybe Program 6 – OPI and Program 9 – Funding for K-12 Schools)

Saturday 2-16-19 – Legislative Day 33

Weekly Schedule By Committee for SAM Followed Bills …

House Education Committee Date Time Room Bill Type - Number Short Title Primary Sponsor Comments

13-FEB-19 3:00 PM 137 Generally revise education laws related to Mary Caferro (D) HD 81 1 SF. Support. Funding available for HB 388 students with exceptional needs spec ed high need identified students

13-FEB-19 3:00 PM 137 Revise administration of Quality Educator Loan Edith (Edie) McClafferty (D) SD 38 1 SF. Support. OPI oversee QEP SB 50 Assistance Program

13-FEB-19 3:00 PM 137 Requiring the University System to report on Keith Regier (R) SD 3 Not a SAM Followed Bill SB 87 student loans

11-FEB-19 3:00 PM 137 Provide ongoing funding to the Montana Indian Jonathan Windy Boy (D) HD 32 Monitor HB 371 Language Preservation Program

11-FEB-19 3:00 PM 137 Create advanced opportunity act for Montana Llew Jones (R) HD 18 1 SF. Support. Incentivize CTE HB 387 students Innovation

11-FEB-19 3:00 PM 137 Generally revise laws related to school safety Daniel R Salomon (R) SD 47 1 SF. Support. Allows school levy for SB 92 safety

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SAMLN19 Schedule: Week 6 (Feb 11-16) 2-8-19

Senate Education & Cultural Resources Committee Date Time Room Bill Type - Number Short Title Primary Sponsor Comments

13-FEB-19 3:00 PM 422 Revise school election law Daniel R Salomon (R) SD 47 Support SB 130

11-FEB-19 3:00 PM 422 Generally revise laws related to state payments to schools Geraldine Custer (R) HD 39 Monitor HB 127

11-FEB-19 3:00 PM 422 Clarify approval process for new community college district David Bedey (R) HD 86 Monitor HB 176

11-FEB-19 3:00 PM 422 Generally revise education laws related to Montana youth challenge academy Jeffrey W Welborn (R) SD 36 Monitor SB 197

House Taxation Committee Date Time Room Bill Type - Number Short Title Primary Sponsor Comments

14-FEB-19 9:00 AM 152 Increase inflation limitation on government entities for Tom Welch (R) HD 72 Monitor. Determine if the bill HB 372 property tax levies impacts schools?

Weekly Schedule By Committee for All Bills …

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Dates are subject to change Monday – February 11 – Legislative Day 28 Senate Education and Cultural Resources – Room 422, 3pm SB197 – Generally revise education laws related to Montana youth challenge academy (Jeffrey Welborn) HB127 – Generally revise laws related to state payments to schools (Geraldine Custer) HB176 – Clarify approval process for new community college district (David Bedey)

Senate Local Government – Room 405, 3pm SB198 – Providing legal access to parcels exempt from subdivision review () SB200 – Provide for equal classification of homes on a foundation (Roger Webb) HB55 – Revise Sanitation in Subdivisions Act (Forrest Mandeville)

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SAMLN19 Schedule: Week 6 (Feb 11-16) 2-8-19

House Appropriations – Room 102, 3pm HB34 – Create a statutory appropriation for Good Neighbor Authority agreement income ()

HB204 – Generally revise teachers’ retirement system laws ()

HB226 – Exempt certain shooting ranges from property taxation ()

House Business and Labor – Room 172, 8:30am

SB25 – Generally revise gambling laws ()

HB208 – Establishing family medical leave insurance – ()

House Judiciary – Room 137, 8am HB297 – Repeal old laws related to certain allowances for national guard members (Frank Fleming)

HB366 – Increase funeral benefit in crime victims compensation act (Robert Farris-Olsen)

House Natural Resources – Room 172, 3pm

HB276 – Require 2/3 vote to transfer from fire suppression account ()

HB328 – Exempt conservation districts from certain fees (Alan Redfield) Tuesday – February 12 – Legislative Day 29 Senate Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation – Room 335, 3pm SB206 – Revise the labeling and marketing of certain ag products (Albert Olszewski) HB51 – Repeal the Montana-certified natural beef cattle marketing program (Jacob Bachmeier) HB102 – Create civil penalty for violations of agricultural marketing and transportation (Gordon Pierson)

Senate Energy and Telecommunications – Room 317, 3pm HB206 – Clarify a rural cooperative utility’s authority ()

Senate Finance and Claims – Room 303, 2pm or upon adjournment of Senate Floor Session SB7 – Propose an inflationary increase for DD providers (Albert Olszewski) HB73 – Revise laws related to classification of certain public defender employees (Kimberly Dudik)

Senate Fish and Game – Room 422, 3pm HB94 – Clarify hunting access programs’ statutes () HB143 – Remove sunset on three-day nonresident bird license ()

Senate Judiciary – Room 303, 9am

SB205 – Prevent abusers of vulnerable adults from benefiting financially ()

Senate Taxation – Room 405, 8am HB200 – Revising tax laws related to mobile homes, housetrailers, manufactured homes () HB201 – Revising tax lien laws (Mary Ann Dunwell) HB213 – Revise the tax rate for certain oil production (Llew Jones0

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SAMLN19 Schedule: Week 6 (Feb 11-16) 2-8-19

House Agriculture – Room 137, 3pm SB56 – Repeal meat and poultry inspection appeals process (Janet Ellis)

SB57 – Revise meat and poultry inspection laws in line with federal standards (Janet Ellis)

HB381 – Revise THC limit in industrial hemp (David Dunn)

House Business and Labor – Room 172, 8:30am

SB58 – Revise the Montana Bank Act (Daniel Salomon) SB63 – Revise licensing, other regulations for Board of Funeral Service () SB77 – Implement audit recommendations for certain licensing boards, voc rehab, UI (Mary McNally)

House Fish, Wildlife and Parks – Room 172, 3pm HB224 – Revise reporting requirements for certain fish pond licensees () HB281 – Revising laws related to how nonresident wolf licenses are issued (Bob Brown) HB291 – Establishing the voluntary wolf mitigation account ()

House Human Services – Room 152, 3pm HB349 – Combine Mental Disabilities Board of Visitors and Mental Health Ombudsman () HB363 – Allow for eating disorders under the definition of mental illness (Laurie Bishop)

House Judiciary – Room 137, 8am HB95 – Generally revise laws relating to protection of vulnerable adults (Jim Keane) HB375 – Establishing incarceration standards for pregnant women (Wendy McKamey)

House Local Government – Room 472, 3pm

SB104 – Allow counties to establish county auditor as part-time office (Roger Webb)

HB324 – Generally revise laws related to county water and/or sewer districts () HB329 – Provide funding for local emergency services (Alan Redfield)

House State Administration – Room 455, 9am HB305 – Revise laws on national guard state duty for special work (Thomas Winter) HB333 – Require elected county sheriffs be elected only on nonpartisan basis (Bradley Hameltt) HB337 – Increase university system supplemental contribution to TRS ()

House Taxation – Room 152, 9am

HB194 – Revise lodging and rental car taxes including local option (Mary Ann Dunwell) HB340 – Revising the residential property tax credit for the elderly (Mike Hopkins) HB386 – Revising the procedure for cancelling delinquent taxes on commercial property (Greg Hertz)

Wednesday – February 13 – Legislative Day 30 Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs – Room 422, 8:30

SB183 – Authorize the board of horseracing to conduct historical horseracing (Mark Blasdel) 5

SAMLN19 Schedule: Week 6 (Feb 11-16) 2-8-19

HB160 – Generally revise Montana self-storage association statutes (Brad Tschida)

Senate Education and Cultural Resources – Room 422, 3pm SB130 – Revise school election law (Daniel Salomon)

Senate Local Government – Room 405, 3pm HB123 – Generally revise sewer district laws (Alan Doane) HB124 – Authorize county commissioners to life agricultural covenants – limited situation (Forrest Mandeville)

Senate Natural Resources – Room 303, 3pm SB48 – Revise variances to water quality standards (Tom Richmond)

Senate Taxation – Room 405, 8am SB207 – Provide taxpayer election to contribute to ABLE and education savings accounts () SB208 – Provide tax credit for student loan payments (Tom Jacobson) SB217 – Revise taxation of security income (David Howard)

House Business and Labor – Room 172, 8:30am

SB94 – Provide signature authority for advanced practice registered nurses () HB362 – Generally revise laws related to distilleries (Jim Hamilton)

House Natural Resources – Room 172, 3pm

HB286 – Review water right laws related to state water claims (Alan Redfield) HB383 – Extend deadline for appeal of streambed permit (Kerry White)

House State Administration – Room 455, 9am HB339 – Establish loan repayment program for child protection specialists (Frederick Moore) HB374 – Generally revise polling place hours laws ()

House Taxation – Room 152, 9am

HB377 – Revoke property tax exemption for payment of excessive compensation ()

Thursday – February 14 – Legislative Day 31 Senate Finance and Claims – Room 303, 2pm or upon adjournment of Senate Floor Session SB117 – Revise highway de-icer laws (Dee Brown)

Senate Fish and Game – Room 422, 3pm SB185 – Prohibit hunting and trapping of wolves near Yellowstone (Mike Phillips) SJ6 – Resolution supporting delisting grizzly bears from Endangered Species Act ()

Senate Judiciary – Room 303, 9am

SB202 – Generally revise guardianship and conservatorship laws (Roger Webb) SB203 – Add a District Court Judge to the 18th Judicial District (JP Pomnichowski)

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SAMLN19 Schedule: Week 6 (Feb 11-16) 2-8-19

Senate Taxation – Room 405, 8am HB148 – Require 2/3 of legislature to enact a new tax or fee or a tax or fee increase (Forrest Mandeville)

House Business and Labor – Room 172, 8:30am

HB344 – Require transparency reporting of pharmacy benefit managers (Kathy Kelker) HB368 – Allow dice games to be played by patrols (Ryan Lynch) HB370 – Generally revise notary laws (Becky Beard)

House Local Government – Room 472, 3pm

HB364 – Require creation of emergency preparedness manual for nontraditional responders () HB379 – Establish working animal protection act ()

House State Administration – Room 455, 9am HB307 – Revise reporting of campaign contributions (Jacob Bachmeier) HB346 – Revise election laws regarding privacy of voter information (Mary AnnDunwell) HB391 – Provide funding for historical development (Jacob Bachmeier)

House Taxation – Room 152, 9am

HB365 – Use portion of bed tax for agritourism grants (Kimberly Dudik) HB367 – Require advisory committee for urban renewal districts that use TIF (Rodney Garcia) HB372 – Increase inflation limitation on government entities for property tax levies (Tom Welch)

Friday – February 15 – Legislative Day 32 Senate Judiciary – Room 303, 9am

SR11 – Confirm Governor’s appointee to 21st judicial district (Jason Ellsworth)

House Natural Resources – Room 172, 3pm

HB341 – Create GWIP special revenue account (Bob Brown) HB342 – Create SWAMP special revenue account (Bob Brown)

Saturday – February 16 – Legislative Day 33

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