Bills of Interest to the MUS
Introduced Bills
(As of 2/6/09)
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| Bill | Primary Sponsor | Short Title |
| HB 2 | Jon C Sesso | General appropriations act |
| HB 4 | Llew Jones | Appropriations normally made by budget amendment |
| HB 5 | Jon C Sesso | Long-range building appropriations -- include energy conservation |
| HB 6 | Walter McNutt | Renewable resource grants and loans |
| HB 10 | Brady Wiseman | Long range information technology funding bill |
| HB 12 | Franke Wilmer | Require employer contributions on working retirees under certain conditions |
| HB 13 | Chuck Hunter | Pay plan for state employees |
| HB 14 | Bill Nooney | General obligation bonds for state government |
| HB 22 | Sue Dickenson | Remove termination on coal tax for manufacturing, agriculture, and development |
| HB 34 | Franke Wilmer | Revise retirement statutes to address return to work issues and funding concerns |
| HB 35 | Sue Dickenson | Revolving loan program to fund recycling machinery and equipment |
| HB 36 | Kendall Van Dyk | Revise law on use of force and self-defense |
| HB 38 | Margarett H Campbell | Revise laws to reflect passage of 6 mill levy |
| HB 39 | Jill Cohenour | Revise water right enforcement laws |
| HB 40 | Jill Cohenour | Revise water right permit process |
| HB 41 | Jill Cohenour | Revise water quality laws for aquifer recharge or mitigation |
| HB 46 | John Fleming | Change date for quality educator loan repayment assistance |
| HB 52 | Walter McNutt | Fund hydrogeologic study |
| HB 59 | Robin Hamilton | Generally revise retirement laws to comply with federal changes |
| HB 61 | Jon C Sesso | Revise interlibrary program |
| HB 81 | Bob Lake | Study long-term impacts of budget and demographics driving costs |
| HB 87 | Sue Dickenson | Provide increase in employer contribution to optional retirement program |
| HB 91 | Dee Brown | $1 an hour raise for state employees |
| HB 96 | Robin Hamilton | Incentives for dentists |
| HB 98 | Dick Barrett | Revise energy performance contracting for state buildings |
| HB 99 | Ted Washburn | Revise proof of residency requirements for voter registration and voting |
| HB 107 | Cynthia Hiner | Revise definition of enterprise funds |
| HB 110 | Jon C Sesso | Revise law for acquisition of state office space |
| HB 112 | Jon C Sesso | Amend threshold for Legislative Finance review of budget change documents |
| HB 123 | Llew Jones | Extend coal trust funded econ dev programs--reduce statutory approps |
| HB 126 | Shannon Augare | Authorize Dept of Admin to determine workers' comp policy for all state agencies |
| HB 134 | Bill Nooney | Create and fund local government committee |
| HB 138 | Chuck Hunter | Revise employment safety and occupational health acts |
| HB 141 | Franke Wilmer | Accounting for certain post-retirement benefits |
| HB 142 | Franke Wilmer | Eliminate automatic trigger that decreases employer contribution |
| HB 152 | Robin Hamilton | Quality schools facility grant program |
| HB 155 | JP Pomnichowski | Require state agencies to develop procedures to protect personal information |
| HB 182 | Ken Peterson | Prohibit state agencies from lobbying legislature |
| HB 185 | Bill Nooney | Allow tax deduction for other states college saving plans |
| HB 188 | Deborah Kottel | Double damages for wrongful withholding of security deposits |
| HB 189 | Deborah Kottel | Revise landlord-tenant laws |
| HB 199 | Robin Hamilton | Revise allocation of lodging facility use tax |
| HB 224 | Cynthia Hiner | Loan reimbursement program for state institutional nurses |
| HB 228 | Krayton Kerns | Citizen self-defense and firearm rights |
| HB 239 | Bob Lake | Fund restoration and maintenance of Daly mansion |
| HB 252 | Margarett H Campbell | Sexual orientation and gender identity in human rights and government practices |
| HB 268 | Bob Lake | Revise requirement/process for governor to direct reduced general fund spending |
| HB 271 | Michele Reinhart | Revise license plate fee laws |
| HB 280 | Chuck Hunter | Community Health Center support act |
| HB 288 | Krayton Kerns | Ban human cloning |
| HB 293 | Cynthia Hiner | Law enforcement certification for certain former military personnel |
| HB 325 | Diane Sands | Assured coverage of colon cancer screening |
| HB 333 | Pat Noonan | Fund geothermal research and development |
| HB 334 | Tony Belcourt | Funding for sawfly research |
| HB 351 | Wendy Warburton | Health care freedom of conscience act |
| HB 355 | Edith (Edie) McClafferty | Fund math and science academy at Montana Tech |
| HB 358 | Bob Bergren | Prohibit statewide office holders from giving bonuses at end of term |
| HB 363 | Llew Jones | Use retired teachers/administrators to fill vacancies without applicants |
| HB 384 | Dan Villa | Revise volume cap bond procurement laws |
| HB 385 | Bob Ebinger | Fund media institute |
| HB 394 | Dave McAlpin | Prohibit use of individually identified prescription information for marketing |
| HB 400 | Deborah Kottel | Revise alcohol content of beer |
| HB 402 | Julie French | Revise laws relating to land banking |
| HB 408 | JP Pomnichowski | Presumption of covered diseases for safety officers under work comp |
| HB 415 | Margaret MacDonald | Regulate micro-processing of biodiesel |
| HB 421 | Scott Mendenhall | Clean government act |
| HB 435 | Franke Wilmer | Close gender wage gap |
| HB 438 | Diane Sands | Green lodging facility designation |
| HB 442 | Wayne Stahl | Revise motor vehicle fees for quality educator cars for kids payment |
| HB 452 | Pat Noonan | Limit health care information subject to work comp disclosure |
| HB 459 | Wanda Grinde | Create and fund K-12 distance learning network |
| HB 464 | Jesse O'Hara | Improve agricultural education |
| HJ 8 | Dave Kasten | Provide for combining E. Montana AG extension office with research facility |
| HJ 11 | Diane Sands | Study ramifications of federal FMLA on government and business |
| HJ 13 | Betsy Hands | Carbon neutral buildings |
| HJ 16 | Margaret MacDonald | Study comparable worth for state employees |
| SB 4 | David E Wanzenried | Create standing water policy subcommittee of EQC |
| SB 22 | Terry Murphy | Create Water policy committee |
| SB 30 | Kelly Gebhardt | Revise reimbursement for meals, lodging |
| SB 41 | Dave Lewis | Clarify community college district approval process |
| SB 49 | David E Wanzenried | Energy efficiency standards for construction of state buildings |
| SB 52 | Terry Murphy | Prohibit kickbacks and conflict of interest for health care providers |
| SB 65 | Bob Hawks | Revise trust land funding laws |
| SB 66 | Ron Erickson | Sequestration standards for carbon dioxide |
| SB 67 | Rick Laible | Require funding before school rules with fiscal impact implemented |
| SB 80 | Dan McGee | Elect Board of Regents |
| SB 81 | Dan McGee | Elect Board of Public Education |
| SB 86 | Joseph (Joe) Tropila | Revise gambling laws |
| SB 92 | Larry Jent | Castle doctrine for use of force in defense |
| SB 93 | Larry Jent | Clarify groundwater utilization laws in closed basins |
| SB 94 | Larry Jent | Revise closed water basin permitting laws |
| SB 99 | Jim Keane | Allow leave for state employee volunteer firefighters for incident response |
| SB 100 | Jerry W Black | Increase coal board funding |
| SB 107 | Dave Lewis | Require training on mechanized fuels reduction and fire suppression equipment |
| SB 109 | Bob Hawks | Restriction on outdoor lighting |
| SB 114 | David E Wanzenried | State rainy day fund |
| SB 117 | David E Wanzenried | Revise or eliminate certain statutory appropriations |
| SB 142 | Gary L Perry | Repeal unisex insurance law provisions |
| SB 148 | Jim Peterson | Revise and clarify local government laws |
| SB 169 | Kelly Gebhardt | Revise drug testing requirements for public officers |
| SB 170 | Kelly Gebhardt | Revise travel reimbursement for travel to foreign countries |
| SB 175 | Gary L Perry | Revise motor vehicle registration fees |
| SB 185 | Joe Balyeat | Nonresident college student combination game license |
| SB 190 | Bob Hawks | Bed tax for heritage sites, historic preservation, and travel Montana |
| SB 194 | Dan McGee | Exempt land surveyors from public employee labor unions & collective bargaining |
| SB 199 | Mike Cooney | Promote alternative transportation by state employees |
| SB 226 | Bob Hawks | License for volunteer dentists and hygienists in public clinics |
| SB 234 | Kim Gillan | Insurance coverage for autism |
| SB 238 | John Brueggeman | Repeal termination date for coal tax trust-funded economic development programs |
| SB 240 | John Brenden | Residency requirements for public boards and commissions; clarify "residence" |
| SB 241 | Joe Balyeat | Taxpayer Right to Know Act - budget database website |
| SB 245 | Joe Balyeat | Revise fiscal note law |
| SB 248 | John Brueggeman | Resident benefits for nonresident members of Montana National Guard |
| SB 250 | David E Wanzenried | Strengthen protection against counterfeit marks or logos |
| SB 251 | David E Wanzenried | Unemployment benefits for certain school employees between terms |
| SB 254 | Donald J Steinbeisser | Remove inflation index from minimum wage law |
| SB 270 | Jim Keane | Energy efficiency in public buildings |
| SB 279 | Roy Brown | Teacher signing bonuses |
| SB 285 | Larry Jent | Revise attorney fees for medical benefits in work comp |
| SB 290 | Verdell Jackson | Revise duties of energy and telecommunications interim committee |
| SB 297 | Cliff Larsen | Map state gravel resources |
| SB 300 | Donald J Steinbeisser | Increase fertilizer fee check off to fund research and education |
| SB 303 | David E Wanzenried | Update state water plan |
| SB 304 | Roy Brown | Keep our kids here tax credit |
| SB 308 | Jim Keane | Revise calculation of standard prevailing wage rates |
| SB 309 | Jim Shockley | Increase lodging and per diem reimbursement for state employees |
| SB 329 | Gregory D Barkus | Revise automobile licensing and insurance laws |
| SB 331 | Joe Balyeat | Revise laws on criminal use of official position |
| SB 339 | Greg Hinkle | Right to work |
| SB 342 | Jeff Essmann | Student scholarship organizations and tax credits for donations for scholarships |
| SB 348 | Jeff Essmann | Const. referendum on annual legislative sessions, split into regular and budget |
| SB 349 | Bruce Tutvedt | Revise state bidding requirements to protect proprietary information |
| SB 355 | Lynda Moss | Facilitate community connection to internet |
| SB 363 | Sharon Stewart-Peregoy | Exempt speaking at public function from work comp covered employment |
| SJ 2 | Dave Lewis | Study community college establishment process |
| SJ 3 | Rick Laible | Interim study to consider establishment of Montana Scholarship Program |
| SJ 6 | Ken (Kim) Hansen | Urge 24-hour operation for Turner port of entry |
| SJ 8 | Bob Hawks | Urge development of K-20 education shared policy goals |
| SJ 9 | David E Wanzenried | Study student loan system |
| SJ 10 | Ron Erickson | Study options for state work comp coverage |
| SJ 12 | Rick Laible | Approve Bitteroot valley community college |
| SJ 14 | Cliff Larsen | Study cooperative arrangements between state agriculture labs |
