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The bills include: HB 66 Rep. Terry Moore (R – Billings) Reauthorize securities restitution fund HB 112 Rep. John Fuller (R - Whitefish) Require interscholastic athletes to participate under sex assigned at birth HB 233 Rep. Fred Anderson (R - Great Falls) Revise funding for students with disabilities HB 247 Rep. Marta Bertoglio (R – Clancy) Revise motor vehicle fleet registration HB 257 Rep. Jedediah Hinkle (R – Belgrade) Revise laws relating to government mandates and businesses HB 273 Rep. Derek Skees (R – Kalispell) Eliminate restrictions on nuclear facility developmen...

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Capitol Talk: Guns, Voting And An Executive Power-up Gov. Greg Gianforte wants to increase the power of Montana's executive branch. Meanwhile, U.S. Congressman Matt Rosendale loses a battle with the national Republican leadership. And state Legislature moves toward making it harder to vote and easier to carry concealed guns. Listen now on  Capitol Talk with Sally Mauk, Holly Michels and Rob Saldin. Sally Mauk Holly, there are some bills in the hopper that would expand the power of the executive branch, and specifically, that would give Gov. Gianforte the power to appoint judges without go...

The Montana Senate on Tuesday endorsed legislation to expand where gun owners can carry a concealed weapon across the state, including campuses, bars and casinos. The bill passed on second reading in the Senate by a 30-20 vote which, while bipartisan, did not get uniform support from the GOP as it did in the House. Two Republicans, Sens. John Esp of Big Timber, who had voted against the measure in the Senate Judiciary Committee that sent HB 102 to the Senate floor, and Brian Hoven went against the bill. One Democrat, Sen. Tom Jacobson, D-Great Falls, voted for it.  The debate o...

A bill that would expand where and how people could carry firearms has cleared another state legislative committee, after an extensive discussion about proposed amendments.