HISTORY AND FINAL STATUS of Bills and Resolutions of the SENATE and HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the State of Montana SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION January 5, 2009, through April 28, 2009 ROBERT STORY JR BOB BERGREN President of the Senate Speaker of the House MARILYN MILLER DAVID HUNTER Secretary of the Senate Chief Clerk of the House RICK BERGER TYRRELL HIBBARD Senate Rostrum House Rostrum Input Technician Input Technician SUSAN ANDERSEN TARA JENSEN Senate Office Input MIKELLE JOKI House Office Input Published and Distributed by Montana Legislative Services Division Capitol Bldg Rm 110 1301 E 6th Ave PO Box 201706 Helena MT 59620-1706 SUSAN BYORTH FOX Executive Director JIM GORDON Systems Analyst KIP DAVIS MELISSA CURD Proofreaders KEVIN HAYES Typesetting Indexing Services Provided by LexisNexis Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. 701 East Water Street Charlottesville VA 22902-5389 Printed and Bound by West, a Thomson Reuters business 610 Opperman Dr Eagan MN 55123 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Officers and Members of the Montana Senate ...................................1 Officers and Members of the Montana House of Representatives .........................3 Totals and Tallies of Bills and Resolutions .....................................5 Legislation by Primary Sponsor/Requesting Entity .................................7 Senate Bills ....................................................19 Senate Joint Resolutions.............................................201 Senate Resolutions ...............................................215 House Bills ....................................................225 House Joint Resolutions .............................................445 House Resolutions ................................................457 Senate Bill Number to Chapter Number Table ..................................459 House Bill Number to Chapter Number Table ..................................460 Chapter Number to Bill Number Table ......................................461 Effective Dates by Chapter Number Table ....................................464 Effective Dates by Date Table ..........................................471 Subject Index................................................Appendix OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE MONTANA SENATE 2009 50 Members 27 Republicans 23 Democrats OFFICERS President ........................................................................................................................ Robert Story Jr. President Pro Tempore......................................................................................................... Dan McGee Majority Leader................................................................................................................... Jim Peterson Majority Whips .................................................................................................. Greg Barkus, Roy Brown Minority Leader ................................................................................................................. Carol Williams Assistant Minority Leader................................................................................................ Jesse Laslovich Minority Whips.................................................................................................. Kim Gillan, Trudi Schmidt Secretary of the Senate....................................................................................................... Marilyn Miller Sergeant at Arms.................................................................................................................. Nancy Clark MEMBERS Name Party District Preferred Mailing Address Bales, Keith (R) 20 7 Quietus Rd, Otter MT 59062-9409 Balyeat, Joe (R) 34 6909 Rising Eagle Rd, Bozeman MT 59715-8621 Barkus, Gregory (R) 4 PO Box 2647, Kalispell MT 59903-2647 Barrett, Debby (R) 36 18580 MT Highway 324, Dillon MT 59725-8031 Black, Jerry (R) 14 445 O’Haire Blvd, Shelby MT 59474-1950 Branae, Gary (D) 27 415 Yellowstone Ave, Billings MT 59101-1730 Brenden, John (R) 18 PO Box 970, Scobey MT 59263-0970 Brown, Roy (R) 25 PO Box 22273, Billings MT 59104-2273 Brown, Taylor (R) 22 775 Squaw Creek Rd, Huntley MT 59037-9219 Brueggeman, John (R) 6 39341 Lakeview Dr, Polson MT 59860-8123 Cooney, Mike (D) 40 713 Pyrite Court, Helena MT 59601-5877 Curtiss, Aubyn (R) 1 PO Box 216, Fortine MT 59918-0216 Erickson, Ron (D) 47 3250 Pattee Canyon Rd, Missoula MT 59803-1703 Esp, John (R) 31 PO Box 1024, Big Timber MT 59011-1024 Essmann, Jeff (R) 28 PO Box 80945, Billings MT 59108-0945 Gallus, Steve (D) 37 2319 Harvard Ave, Butte MT 59701-3854 Gebhardt, Kelly (R) 23 PO Box 724, Roundup MT 59072-0724 Gillan, Kim (D) 24 750 Judicial Ave, Billings MT 59105-2130 Hamlett, Bradley Maxon (D) 10 PO Box 49, Cascade MT 59421-0049 Hansen, Ken (Kim) (D) 17 PO Box 686, Harlem MT 59526-0686 Hawks, Bob (D) 33 703 W Koch St, Bozeman MT 59715-4477 Hinkle, Greg (R) 7 5 Gable Rd, Thompson Falls MT 59873-8512 Jackson, Verdell (R) 5 555 Wagner Ln, Kalispell MT 59901-8079 Jent, Larry (D) 32 1201 S 3rd St, Bozeman MT 59715-5503 Juneau, Carol (D) 8 PO Box 55, Browning MT 59417-0055 Kaufmann, Christine (D) 41 825 Breckenridge St, Helena MT 59601-4433 Keane, Jim (D) 38 2131 Wall St, Butte MT 59701-5527 Laible, Rick (R) 44 PO Box 370, Darby MT 59829-0370 Larsen, Cliff (D) 50 8925 Lavalle Creek Rd, Missoula MT 59808-9324 Laslovich, Jesse (D) 43 112 Mountain View St, Anaconda MT 59711-1616 Lewis, Dave (R) 42 5871 Collins Rd, Helena MT 59602-9584 McGee, Dan (R) 29 1925 Pinyon Dr, Laurel MT 59044-9381 Moss, Lynda (D) 26 552 Highland Park Dr, Billings MT 59102-1046 Murphy, Terry (R) 39 893 Boulder Cutoff Rd, Cardwell MT 59721-9605 Perry,Gary (R) 35 3325WCedarMeadowLn,ManhattanMT59741-8240 Peterson, Jim (R) 15 RR 1 Box 2, Buffalo MT 59418-9501 Ripley, Rick (R) 9 8920 MT Highway 200, Wolf Creek MT 59648-8639 Schmidt, Trudi (D) 11 4029 6th Ave S, Great Falls MT 59405-3746 Shockley, Jim (R) 45 PO Box 608, Victor MT 59875-0608 2 HISTORY AND FINAL STATUS 2009 Squires, Carolyn (D) 48 2111 S 10th St W, Missoula MT 59801-3412 Steinbeisser, Donald (R) 19 11918 County Rd 348, Sidney MT 59270-9620 Stewart-Peregoy, Sharon (D) 21 PO Box 211, Crow Agency MT 59022-0211 Story, Robert (R) 30 133 Valley Creek Rd, Park City MT 59063-8040 Tropila, Joe (D) 13 209 2nd St NW, Great Falls MT 59404-1301 Tropila, Mitch (D) 12 PO Box 929, Great Falls MT 59403-0929 Tutvedt, Bruce (R) 3 2335 W Valley Dr, Kalispell MT 59901-6958 Wanzenried, David (D) 49 903 Sky Dr, Missoula MT 59804-3121 Williams, Carol (D) 46 3533 Lincoln Hills Pt, Missoula MT 59802-3381 Windy Boy, Jonathan (D) 16 PO Box 269, Box Elder MT 59521-0269 Zinke, Ryan (R) 2 409 W 2nd St, Whitefish MT 59937-3010 OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE MONTANA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2009 100 Members 50 Democrats 50 Republicans OFFICERS Speaker............................................................................................................................... Bob Bergren Speaker Pro Tempore ...................................................................................................... Franke Wilmer Majority Leader......................................................................................................... Margarett Campbell Majority Caucus Leader ....................................................................................................... Mike Phillips Majority Whips.......................................................................................... Shannon Augare, Julie French Minority Leader...................................................................................................................... Scott Sales Assistant Minority Leader................................................................................................ Tom McGillvray Minority Floor Leader.................................................................................................... Scott Mendenhall Minority Whips ......................................................Dee Brown, Llew Jones, Krayton Kerns, Chas Vincent Chief Clerk of the House....................................................................................................... Dave Hunter Sergeant at Arms .................................................................................................................... Ed Tinsley MEMBERS Name Party District Preferred Mailing Address Ankney, Duane (R) 43 PO Box 2138, Colstrip MT 59323-2138 Arntzen, Elsie (R) 53 850 Senora Ave, Billings MT 59105-2051 Augare, Shannon (D) 16 PO Box 2031, Browning MT 59417-2031 Barrett, Dick (D) 93 219 Agnes Ave, Missoula MT 59801-8730 Bean, Russell (R) 17 PO Box 480, Augusta MT 59410-0480 Beck, Bill (R) 6 PO Box 2049, Whitefish MT 59937-2049 Beck, Paul (D) 59 PO Box 1315, Red Lodge MT 59068-1315 Becker, Arlene (D) 52 1440 Lewis Ave, Billings MT 59101-4240 Belcourt, Tony (D) 32 PO Box 192, Box Elder MT 59521-0192 Bennett, Gerald (R) 1 784 Taylor Rd, Libby MT 59923-8458 Bergren, Bob (D) 33 1132 26th Ave W, Havre MT 59501-8609 Berry, Tom (R) 45 PO Box 157, Roundup MT 59072-0157 Blasdel, Mark (R) 10 PO Box 291, Somers MT 59932-0291 Blewett, Anders (D) 21 PO Box 2807, Great Falls MT 59403-2807 Boland, Cydnie (Carlie) (D) 23 1215 6th Ave N, Great Falls MT 59401-1601 Boniek, Joel (R) 61 41 Blackhawk Dr, Livingston MT 59047-2634 Boss Ribs, Frosty (D) 15 PO Box 20, Heart Butte MT 59448-0020 Brown, Dee (R) 3 PO Box 444, Hungry Horse MT 59919-0444 Butcher, Edward (R) 29 PO Box 89, Winifred MT 59489-0089 Caferro, Mary (D) 80 PO Box 1036, Helena MT 59624-1036 Campbell, Margarett (D)