“Last November, Montana sent a very clear message of what they expected us to accomplish this session when they elected 68 Republicans to the house, each with their own unique experiences and knowledge. They sent us here from the far reaches of our state to represent the people, all of th...
A contentious 2021 legislative session saw a bill seeking to block transgender women from playing collegiate athletes blocked by the Supreme Court in a September ruling. This, among a slate of bills related to LGBTQ people in Montana. “Last session, in '21, we saw a bunch of bills go, be...
"Judicial reform was already a top priority for Republican lawmakers,” Regier and Ler said, warning the justices to “buckle up.” Montana courts have blocked or overturned numerous laws passed by Republicans in the 2021 and 2023 legislative sessions as being ...
Speaking in support of barring Zephyr from the floor for the remainder of the 90-day legislative session, House Majority Leader Sue Vinton accused her of placing lawmakers and staff at risk of harm for her actions during protests in the chamber on Monday. "Freedom in this body involves obedien...
FILE - Zooey Zephyr, right, attends a legislative training session at the state Capitol in Helena, Mont., on Nov. 16, 2022. Zephyr, who is one of the first two transgender candidates elected to the Montana Legislature, was intentionally misgendered on April 18, 2023, in a demand by the...
‘How do we reduce the impact of regulations’? ‘What should we change in zoning?’, and any other good ideas they have, and then we'll look at implementing those ideas in the next legislative session so we can make home ownership more attainable for more hardworking Montanans.” ...
This was the second legislative session in which Sen. John Fuller brought the bill to ban gender-affirming care for transgender children. In 2021, when he was a member of the House, he brought a bill to ban surgical and hormone treatments for transgender children, which was voted down. He...
He added that the legislation was not ready to be passed during the current legislative session but did not rule out a similar proposal in the future. “There’s some good stuff in here, but it would take a considerable amount of time to get this thing whipped into shape,” said Small....
“This is really a top priority for us. That’s why in 2021 (during the legislative session) we initiated the HEART Fund which provides $25 million per year for behavioral health services. The first grant from the HEART Fund was a $2.7 million grant to detention centers across the state....
This article reports that in the legislative session that begins in January, Montana lawmakers will be under the gun to come up with a definition for a quality public education, following the Montana Supreme Court's decision last week to strike down the state's school funding formula. In doing...