MINUTES MONTANA SENATE 67th LEGISLATURE - REGULAR SESSION COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND SAFETY Call to Order: Chair David Howard, on April 20, 2021 at 10:30 A.M., in Room 350 Capitol ROLL CALL Members Present in the Committee Room: Sen. David Howard, Chair (R) Sen. Carl Glimm, Vice Chair (R) Sen. Steve Hinebauch (R) Sen. Tom McGillvray (R) Sen. Mary McNally (D) Sen. Brad Molnar (R) Members Present by Zoom Video Conference: Sen. Jen Gross, Vice Chair (D) Sen. Diane Sands (D) Members Excused: Sen. Bob Keenan (R) Members Absent: None Staff Present: Corina Hach, Legislative Branch Gwyn Schooler, Committee Secretary Coleen Street, Remote Meeting Coordinator Audio Committees: These minutes are in outline form only. They provide a list of participants and a record of official action taken by the committee. The link to the audio recording of the meeting is available on the Legislative Branch website. Committee Business Summary: Executive Action: HB 702; HB 703 210420PHS.Sm1 SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND SAFETY April 20, 2021 PAGE 2 of 5 EXECUTIVE ACTION ON HB 702 10:38:34 Motion: Sen. Glimm moved that HB 702 BE CONCURRED IN. Discussion: 10:39:02 Chair Howard 10:39:07 Sen. McGillvray 10:39:25 Chair Howard 10:39:35 Motion: Sen. Glimm moved that HB 702 BE AMENDED. EXHIBIT(phs75a01) Discussion: 10:39:45 Sen. McGillvray 10:39:53 Sen. McNally entered the meeting. 10:41:27 Sen. Gross 10:42:35 Sen. McGillvray 10:42:52 Sen. Gross 10:43:19 Chair Howard 10:43:25 Corina Hach, Legislative Services Division (LSD) 10:44:11 Sen. Gross 10:44:43 Ms. Hach, LSD 10:45:06 Chair Howard 10:45:33 Ms. Hach 10:45:46 Sen. Glimm 10:46:12 Sen. McGillvray 10:46:58 Sen. McNally 10:47:31 Chair Howard 10:48:10 Sen. McNally 10:48:27 Sen. McGillvray 10:48:53 Sen. McNally 10:49:09 Sen. McGillvray 10:49:45 Sen. McNally 10:49:49 Chair Howard 10:49:55 Sen. McNally 10:50:16 Sen. Molnar 10:50:47 Sen. Sands entered the meeting. 10:50:49 Ms. Hach 10:51:04 Sen. McGillvray 10:51:17 Ms. Hach 10:51:40 Sen. Molnar 10:52:19 Ms. Hach 10:52:43 Sen. Hinebauch left the meeting. 210420PHS.Sm1 SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND SAFETY April 20, 2021 PAGE 3 of 5 10:53:02 Sen. Molnar 10:53:55 Ms. Hach 10:54:21 Chair Howard 10:54:45 Ms. Hach 10:54:48 Chair Howard 10:55:40 Ms. Hach 10:56:21 Sen. Glimm 10:57:15 Sen. Molnar 10:57:21 Sen. Glimm 10:57:38 Ms. Hach 10:58:46 Sen. Glimm 10:59:09 Ms. Hach 10:59:22 Chair Howard 10:59:31 Ms. Hach 10:59:58 Chair Howard 11:00:02 Ms. Hach 11:00:22 Sen. Gross 11:01:02 Motion/Vote: Sen. Glimm moved that AMENDMENT HB 702.2.3 BE AMENDED CONCEPTUALLY. Motion carried 6-3 by roll call vote with Sen. Gross, Sen. McNally and Sen. Sands voting no. Sen. Hinebauch and Sen. Keenan voted by proxy. Discussion: 11:02:22 Ms. Hach 11:02:58 Motion: Sen. Glimm moved that HB 702 BE AMENDED. Discussion: 11:03:18 Sen. Gross 11:03:29 Chair Howard 11:03:35 Sen. McNally 11:04:33 Chair Howard 11:04:44 Sen. Molnar 11:05:53 Sen. McNally 11:06:42 Sen. McGillvray 11:07:55 Sen. Gross 11:08:15 Sen. McNally 11:08:40 Sen. McGillvray 11:08:48 Sen. McNally 11:09:12 Sen. McGillvray 11:09:17 Vote: Motion carried 6-3 by roll call vote with Sen. Gross, Sen. McNally and Sen. Sands voting no. Sen. Hinebauch and Sen. Keenan voted by proxy. 11:09:50 Motion: Sen. Glimm moved that HB 702 BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED. Discussion: 11:10:02 Sen. Gross 210420PHS.Sm1 SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND SAFETY April 20, 2021 PAGE 4 of 5 11:11:29 Vote: Motion carried 6-3 by roll call vote with Sen. Gross, Sen. McNally and Sen. Sands voting no. Sen. Hinebauch and Sen. Keenan voted by proxy. Sen. McGillvray will carry the bill. EXECUTIVE ACTION ON HB 703 11:12:20 Motion: Sen. Glimm moved that HB 703 BE CONCURRED IN. Discussion: 11:12:40 Chair Howard 11:13:02 Sen. Gross 11:13:33 Motion: Sen. Glimm moved that HB 703 BE AMENDED. EXHIBIT(phs75a02) Discussion: 11:13:55 Sen. Gross 11:14:06 Corina Hach, Legislative Services Division (LSD) 11:15:22 Sen. Gross 11:18:43 Sen. Glimm 11:20:08 Sen. Gross 11:21:14 Chair Howard 11:21:31 Sen. McNally 11:22:18 Sen. Sands 11:23:28 Vote: Motion carried 6-3 by roll call vote with Sen. Gross, Sen. McNally and Sen. Sands voting no. Sen. Hinebauch and Sen. Keenan voted by proxy. 11:24:07 Motion: Sen. Glimm moved that HB 703 BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED. Discussion: 11:24:13 Sen. Gross 11:24:36 Vote: Motion carried 6-3 by roll call vote with Sen. Gross, Sen. McNally and Sen. Sands voting no. Sen. Hinebauch and Sen. Keenan voted by proxy. Sen. Glimm will carry the bill. Discussion: 11:25:17 Chair Howard 11:25:34 Sen. McGillvray 11:26:52 Sen. McNally 11:27:25 Sen. Gross 11:28:58 Chair Howard 210420PHS.Sm1 SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND SAFETY April 20, 2021 PAGE 5 of 5 ADJOURNMENT Adjournment: 11:30 AM ________________________________ Gwyn Schooler, Secretary gs Additional Documents: EXHIBIT(phs75aad.pdf) 210420PHS.Sm1.