History and final status of bills and resolutions of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Montana

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HISTORY AND FINAL STATUS
of Bills and Resolutions
of the
SENATE
and
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
of the State of Montana
FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION
January 6, 2003, through April 26, 2003
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Totals and Tallies of Bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Legislation by Primary Sponsor/Requesting Entity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Senate Bills and Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
House Bills and Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Subject Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Effective Date Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

TOTALS AND TALLIES OF BILLS
GRAND TOTALS
INTRODUCED
House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
Senate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1360
VOTED DOWN IN FIRST HOUSE (on 2nd or 3rd reading)
House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Senate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
DIED IN FIRST HOUSE (includes tabled bills and bills which failed to meet transmittal deadlines)
House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
VOTED DOWN IN SECOND HOUSE (on 2nd or 3rd reading)
House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
DIED IN SECOND HOUSE (includes tabled bills and bills with adopted adverse committee reports)
House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
DIED IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE PROCESS (includes bills that were returned with second house
amendments and eligible for conference committee)
House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Senate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PASSED BY LEGISLATURE
House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
VETOED (not overridden)
House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Senate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ADOPTED; SIGNED INTO LAW; FILED AS SESSION LAW*
House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
*Note that this category includes adopted resolutions, bills passed by the legislature that did not require the
governor's signature, bills that became law via a veto override, and bills that became law without the governor's
signature, in addition to bills signed by the governor.
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TALLY OF SENATE BILLS
INTRODUCED
Senate Bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Senate Joint Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Senate Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
VOTED DOWN IN FIRST HOUSE (on 2nd or 3rd reading)
Senate Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Senate Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
DIED IN FIRST HOUSE (includes tabled bills and bills which failed to meet transmittal deadlines)
Senate Bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Senate Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Senate Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
VOTED DOWN IN SECOND HOUSE (on 2nd or 3rd reading)
Senate Bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Senate Joint Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DIED IN SECOND HOUSE (includes tabled bills and bills with adopted adverse committee reports)
Senate Bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Senate Joint Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
DIED IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE PROCESS (includes bills that were returned with second house
amendments and eligible for conference committee)
Senate Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
PASSED BY LEGISLATURE
Senate Bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Senate Joint Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Senate Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
VETOED (not overridden)
Senate Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
ADOPTED; SIGNED INTO LAW; FILED AS SESSION LAW*
Senate Bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Senate Joint Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Senate Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
*Note that this category includes adopted resolutions, bills passed by the legislature that did not require the
governor's signature, bills that became law via a veto override, and bills that became law without the governor's
signature, in addition to bills signed by the governor.
TOTALS AND TALLIES OF BILLS 3
TALLY OF HOUSE BILLS
INTRODUCED
House Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775
House Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
House Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
VOTED DOWN IN FIRST HOUSE (on 2nd or 3rd reading)
House Bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
DIED IN FIRST HOUSE (includes tabled bills and bills which failed to meet transmittal deadlines)
House Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
House Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
VOTED DOWN IN SECOND HOUSE (on 2nd or 3rd reading)
House Bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
House Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DIED IN SECOND HOUSE (includes tabled bills and bills with adopted adverse committee reports)
House Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
House Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
DIED IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE PROCESS (includes bills that were returned with second house
amendments and eligible for conference committee)
House Bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PASSED BY LEGISLATURE
House Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
House Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
House Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
VETOED (not overridden)
House Bills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ADOPTED; SIGNED INTO LAW; FILED AS SESSION LAW*
House Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
House Joint Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
House Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
*Note that this category includes adopted resolutions, bills passed by the legislature that did not require the
governor's signature, bills that became law via a veto override, and bills that became law without the governor's
signature, in addition to bills signed by the governor.

LEGISLATION BY PRIMARY SPONSOR/REQUESTING ENTITY
ANDERSEN, JOAN
HB 135 HB 238 HB 340 HB 341 HB 557
ANDERSON, SHERM
SB 146 SB 206 SB 349
ATTORNEY GENERAL
HB 17
BALES, KEITH
SB 88 SB 166 SB 167 SB 237 SB 251 SB 380 SB 383
SB 392 SB 437 SB 471 SB 482
BALLANTYNE, NORMAN
HB 153 HB 487 HB 562 HB 575
BALYEAT, JOE
HB 177 HB 248 HB 251 HB 306 HB 371 HB 391 HB 398
HB 414 HB 503 HB 521 HB 523 HB 547 HB 643 HB 714
HB 715 HB 716 HB 724 HB 769 HB 771 HB 772 HJ 34
BARKUS, GREGORY
SB 34 SB 71 SB 131 SB 144 SB 149 SB 403 SB 416
SB 417 SB 445 SB 446 SJ 23 SR 2
BARRETT, DEBBY
HB 42 HB 194 HB 249 HB 467 HB 513 HB 584 HB 661
HJ 7 HR 3
BECKER, ARLENE
HB 197 HB 279 HB 496
BERGREN, BOB
HB 104 HB 269 HB 270 HB 364 HB 610 HB 686
BITNEY, ROD
HB 555 HB 561 HB 580 HB 656 HB 664 HB 690
BIXBY, NORMA
HB 27 HB 28 HB 131 HB 495 HJ 14 HJ 35
BLACK, JERRY
SB 422 SB 423 SB 463 SB 480 SB 481
BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS
HB 223
BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
HB 60 SB 41 SB 42 SB 43
BOARD OF REGENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
SB 127
BOHLINGER, JOHN
SB 51 SB 54 SB 66 SB 127 SB 143 SB 145 SB 182
SB 183 SB 190 SB 222 SB 235 SB 245 SB 309 SB 352
SB 353 SB 354 SB 368 SB 399 SB 466 SJ 25 SJ 26
SJ 28
BOOKOUT-REINICKE, SYLVIA
HB 115 HB 218
BRANAE, GARY
HB 24 HB 78 HB 193 HB 493 HB 674
BROWN, DEE
HB 111 HB 227 HB 404 HB 558 HB 662 HJ 6 HJ 24
BROWN, ROY
HB 285 HB 309 HB 336 HB 345 HB 363 HB 394 HB 459
HB 484 HB 583 HB 695 HB 736 HB 750 HR 1
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BRUEGGEMAN, JOHN
HB 3 HB 4 HB 215 HB 217 HB 219 HB 237 HB 507
HB 536 HB 539 HB 577 HB 586 HB 595 HB 633 HB 683
HB 700 HB 762 HB 767
BUTCHER, EDWARD
SB 7 SB 23 SB 136 SB 184 SB 186 SB 278 SB 279
SB 280 SB 281 SB 291 SB 295 SB 382 SB 420 SB 440
BUZZAS, ROSALIE (ROSIE)
HB 490 HB 576 HB 624 HB 625 HB 660 HB 670 HB 692
HB 753
CALLAHAN, TIM
HB 162 HB 163 HB 164 HB 168
CAPITOL COMPLEX ADVISORY COUNCIL
HB 114
CARNEY, EILEEN
HB 347 HB 401 HB 587
CHILDREN, FAMILIES, HEALTH, AND HUMAN SERVICES INTERIM COMMITTEE
HB 150 HJ 3 SB 35
CLARK, EDITH
HB 51 HB 90 HB 121 HB 180 HB 451 HB 681 HB 705
HB 722 HB 727 HB 743 HB 744
CLARK, PAUL
HB 47 HB 123 HB 175 HB 366 HB 415 HB 432 HB 433
HB 439 HB 465 HB 466 HB 510 HB 612 HB 649 HB 671
CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT
SB 3
COBB, JOHN
SB 31 SB 33 SB 72 SB 117 SB 138 SB 160 SB 161
SB 205 SB 233 SB 234 SB 247 SB 266 SB 351 SB 361
SB 379 SB 387 SB 485 SR 4 SR 5 SR 7 SR 8
SR 9 SR 10
COCCHIARELLA, VICKI
SB 84 SB 85 SB 152 SB 174 SB 188 SB 216 SB 292
SB 324 SB 402 SB 450 SJ 21
CODE COMMISSIONER
SB 10
COHENOUR, JILL
HB 43 HB 102 HB 234 HB 235 HB 255 HB 350 HB 412
HB 696 HB 707 HB 738
COMMISSIONER OF POLITICAL PRACTICES
SB 38
COONEY, MIKE
SB 81 SB 116 SB 165 SB 254 SB 257 SB 339 SB 364
SB 449 SB 455 SB 457
CROMLEY, BRENT
SB 68 SB 106 SB 230 SB 231 SB 359 SB 398
CURTISS, AUBYN
SB 187 SB 189 SB 277 SB 397 SJ 14 SJ 19
CYR, LARRY
HB 372 HB 441
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
HB 5 HB 13 HB 34 HB 36 HB 45 HB 119 HB 126
HB 127 HB 165 HB 172 SB 21 SB 26 SB 28 SB 32
SB 117 SB 132 SB 142
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
HB 31 HB 62 HB 75 SB 22 SB 23 SB 27