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One of the bills would dilute the voting power of cities on energy matters through political redistricting, the other would prevent cities from addressing climate change.
The Montana DOC and university system said the bill to define sex as a man and a woman could be expensive. In an email Monday, Sen. Ellie Boldman, D-Missoula, said she has talked to groups since Friday, like the Montana Association of Counties, who have expressed concern.
A technical note prepared by the Office of Commissioner of Higher Education and the Montana University System said that because this bill creates conflict with federal law, it may jeopardize federal funding the school system receives.
Senate Bill 458 is from Sen. Carl Glimm, R-Kila. It would define sex based on sex organs and chromosomes.
The districts approved would, for the first time in at least 20 years, split the state’s largest cities into two districts.