Montana Legislature (63rd: 2013) records, 2013

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Montana. Legislature.
Title
Montana Legislature (63rd: 2013) records
Dates
2013 (inclusive)
Quantity
27 linear feet of shelf space
852 DVDs
Collection Number
LR 63
Summary
Collection contains records (2013) of the 63rd Montana Legislature including minutes of joint, conference, and free conference committees; House of Representatives and Senate standing and select committees; bills and resolutions; journals and status reports, and miscellany of the regular session. For online access to committee hearing minutes and digital audio and video recordings visit the Montana Legislature website.
Repository
Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Montana State Legislature is made up of two chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Constitution of Montana limits the size of the Senate to no fewer than 40 and no more than 50 members and the size of the House of Representatives to no fewer than 80 and no more than 100 members. Each house is responsible for choosing its officers, creating committees and establishing its own rules. The Montana Legislature meets for 90 days every odd numbered year, beginning the first Monday in January, or the following Wednesday if the first Monday is New Years Day. The first State Legislature convened on November 23, 1889, fifteen days after Montana became a state. Each following Legislature has been numbered sequentially.

The 63rd Montana Legislature met from January 7th to April 24th, 2013. There were 16 standing committees in the Senate and 16 standing committees in the House, as designated by the 2013 Rules. The leaders of the Senate were Jeff Essmann (President), Debby Barrett (President Pro Tempore), Art Wittich (Majority Leader), Eric Moore, Janna Taylor, and Llew Jones (Majority Whips), Jon Sesso (Minority Leader), and Robyn Driscoll and Cliff Larsen (Minority Whips). The leaders of the House were Mark Blasdel (Speaker), Austin Knudsen (Speaker Pro Tempore), Gordon Vance (Majority Leader), Mike Cuffe, Cary Smith, Jeffrey Welborn, Christy Clark (Majority Whips), Chuck Hunter (D-Minority Leader), Margaret MacDonald, and Edie McClafferty (Minority Whips), and Bryce Bennett (Minority Caucus Chair). The transmittal dates were January 24th, February 28th, March 28th, and April 5th, 8th, 16th, 18th and 22th.

Sources:Montana State Legislature Session Information ;The Constitution of the State of Montana as adopted by the Constitutional Convention March 22, 1972, and as ratified by the people, June 6, 1972, referendum no. 68, "A GUIDE TO THE MONTANA LEGISLATURE," The Montana Legislature,; “Montana Legislative Leadership 1889 – Present”.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection includes the minutes of joint, conference, and free conference committees; House of Representatives and Senate standing and select committees; bills and resolutions; journals and status reports of the regular session. The collection also contains miscellany material including memorials.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

Committee hearings, minutes, and exhibits are available online here. For instructions on how to find a specific committee recording please visit here.

Restrictions on Use

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.

Preferred Citation

Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is organized into the following series: I. Joint Committees thereunder minutes by committee and date; II. House of Representatives, thereunder minutes by committee and date, bills, joint resolutions and resolutions by number, and journals by date; III. Senate, thereunder minutes by committee and date, bills, joint resolutions and resolutions by number, and journals by date; and IV. Miscellany.

Location of Collection

89:1-5

Location of Collection

MAP CASE

Location of Collection

MM 88

Location of Collection

DVD CAB

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request.

Processing Note

Processed in 2014.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

House and Senate Joint CommitteesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Joint Subcommittee Minutes
Box/Folder
1 / 1-21
Appropriations: Education
2013 January 11-February 20
27 / 1
Appropriations: Education, Exhibit 1: Montana Artrepreneur Program canvas shopping bag
2013 January 16
multimedia
MM 88
Appropriations: Education, Exhibit 9: 3 Miles an Hour DVD and Exhibit 10: Fort Peck Dam DVD
2013 January 23
Box/Folder
1 / 22-43
Appropriations: General Government
2013 January 11-February 12
multimedia
MM 88
Appropriations: General Government, Exhibit 25: Virginia City Where History Lives! DVD
2013 January 23
Box/Folder
2 / 1-15
Appropriations: General Government
2013 February 13–April 10
2 / 16-50
Appropriations: Health and Human Services
2013 January 11–March 25
2 / 51-61
Appropriations: Judicial, Law and Justice
2013 January 11–January 21
3 / 1-11
Appropriations: Judicial, Law and Justice
2013 January 22–February 19
multimedia
MM 88
Appropriations: Judicial, Law and Justice, Exhibit 4: Butte Family Drug Court DVD
2013 February 5
Box/Folder
3 / 12-30
Appropriations: Long Range Planning [exhibit from January 17 photographs only, three-dimensional items removed from collection]
2013 January 11–February 20
multimedia
MM 88
Appropriations: Long Range Planning, Exhibit 7: State Capitol Building Helena, Montana Retro-Commissioning Report November 2012 DVD
2013 January 25
Box/Folder
3 / 31-37
Appropriations: Natural Resources and Transportation
2013 January 11–January 19
4 / 1-23
Appropriations: Natural Resources and Transportation [exhibit from February 7 includes photographs only, three-dimensional items removed from collection]
2013 January 21–March 6
Joint Select Committee Minutes
Box/Folder
4 / 24-34
Pensions
2013 January 13–March 12
Conference Committees Minutes
Box/Folder
4 / 35
HB 100 (re: create a Medicaid pay-for-performance pilot project)
2013 April 18
4 / 36
HB 133 (re: generally revise licensing board laws)
2013 April 19
4 / 37
HB 144 (re: revise law on real estate broker liability for sale by owner by salesperson)
2013 April 17
4 / 38
HB 206 (re: increase justice court filing fees)
2013 April 16
4 / 39
HB 240 (re: clarify constitutional provisions and law related to board of regents/u-system)
2013 April 19
4 / 40
HB 277 (re: constitutional amendment to revise term limit laws)
2013 April 19
4 / 41
HB 301 (re: increasing debt limit for an elementary district or high school district)
2013 April 16
4 / 42
HB 395 (re: revising membership of the Livestock Loss Board)
2013 April 16
4 / 43
HB 431 (re: revise laws related to surface owner damage)
2013 April 19
4 / 44
HB 473 (re: revise medical lien laws)
2013 April 17
4 / 45
HB 497 (re: restrict municipal ordinance penalties)
2013 April 17
4 / 46
SB 26 (re: generally revise the graduated renewable energy standard)
2013 April 16
4 / 47
SB 133 (re: revise concealed weapon laws)
2013 April 17
4 / 48
SB 198 (re: increase penalties for assault on a minor under 36 months of age)
2013 April 17
4 / 49
SB 223 (re: require plan for terminating Montana Comprehensive Health Association and plans
2013 April 18
4 / 50
SB 256 (re: make Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks liable for damage to private property by wild buffalo and bison
2013 April 19
4 / 51
SB 282 (re: generally revise taxation of income, including the corporate license tax
2013 April 22
4 / 52
SB 305 (re: generally revise laws governing bison management in Montana)
2013 April 22
4 / 53
SB 323 (re: revise workers’ compensation laws on prescribing schedule II and III drugs)
2013 April 19
4 / 54
SB 323 (re: revise workers’ compensation laws on prescribing schedule II and III drugs)
2013 April 23
4 / 55
SJ 18 (re: resolution for lower federal deficit spending and reducing debt)
2013 April 17
Free Conference Committees Minutes
Box/Folder
4 / 56
HB 97 (re: cap highest/final compensation in MPERA retirement systems)
2013 April 19
4 / 57
HB 120 (re: generally revise election laws)
2013 April 23
4 / 58
HB 218 (re: require Board of Oil and Gas to administer grant program for oil and gas impacts)
2013 April 22
4 / 59
HB 240 (re: clarify constitutional provisions and law related to board of regents/u-system)
2013 April 22
4 / 60
HB 297 (re: provide that employment of an unauthorized alien is unlawful)
2013 April 18
4 / 61
HB 345 (re: revise false claims act)
2013 April 18
4 / 62
HB 450 (re: revise medical insurance and medical payment laws)
2013 April 19
4 / 63-64
SB 96 (re: lower the business and equipment tax)
2013 April 22-23
4 / 65
SB 101 (re: revise qualifications to obtain permit to hunt from vehicle)
2013 April 16
4 / 66-67
SB 148 (re: limit lost wage and benefit award for wrongful discharge to 2yrs from discharge)
2013 April 16, 22
4 / 68
SB 173 (re: generally revising state workers’ compensation insurance fund laws)
2013 April 23
4 / 69
SB 282 (re: generally revise taxation of income, including the corporate license tax)
2013 April 23
4 / 70
SB 342 (re: establish Montana Indian language preservation pilot program)
2013 April 19
4 / 71
SB 348 (re: providing for an act for Montana school safety)
2013 April 23
4 / 72
SJ 18 (re: resolution for lower federal deficit spending and reducing debt)
2013 April 22

House of RepresentativesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
House Standing Committees Minutes
Box/Folder
5 / 1-24
Agriculture [exhibits from February 12 and March 12 photographs only, three-dimensional items removed from collection]
2013 January 10–April 16
multimedia
MM 88
Agriculture, Unnumbered Exhibit: Locatable Leasable Mineral Potential CD
2013 March 26
Box/Folder
5 / 25-57
Appropriations
2012 December 4–2013 February 25
6 / 1-43
Appropriations
2013 February 26–April 22
6 / 44-71
Business and Labor [exhibit from January 23 includes photographs only, three-dimensional items removed from collection]
2013 January 9–February 18
7 / 1-25
Business and Labor
2013 February 19–April 16
7 / 26-61
Education
2013 January 9–April 10
27 / 2
Education, Exhibit 5: Victor mouse trap
2013 February 4
7 / 62-69
Federal Relations, Energy and Telecommunications (FRET)
2013 January 11–January 30
8 / 1-18
Federal Relations, Energy and Telecommunications (FRET)
2013 February 1–April 3
multimedia
MM 88
Federal Relations, Energy and Telecommunications (FRET), Ex. 11: EPA Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2009 DVD
2013 February 4
Box/Folder
8 / 19-43
Fish, Wildlife and Parks
2013 January 10–April 18
8 / 44-65
Human Services
2013 January 11–March 11
9 / 1-13
Human Services
2013 March 13–April 17
9 / 14-46
Judiciary
2013 January 8–February 21
10 / 1-24
Judiciary
2013 February 22–April 16
multimedia
MM 88
Judiciary, Exhibit 42: Proposed MT-CSKT Compact and US and Montana Water Laws CERT DVDs
2013 March 27
Box/Folder
10 / 25-40
Local Government
2013 January 10–March 14
11 / 1-5
Local Government
2013 March 21–April 11
11 / 6-37
Natural Resources
2013 January 9–April 17
Oversize Folder
OVFD 1
Natural Resources, Exhibit 9: Map showing areas with potential for garnet resources in bedrock and placer in the Blacktail Mountains
2013 January 25
Box/Folder
11 / 38-40
Rules
2012 December 3–2013 January 15
11 / 41-67
State Administration
2013 January 9–February 20
12 / 1-22
State Administration
2013 February 21–April 15
12 / 23-69
Taxation
2013 January 9–April 19
12 / 70-81
Transportation
2013 January 9–February 13
13 / 1-12
Transportation
2013 February 18–April 19
House Select Committees Minutes
Box/Folder
13 / 13-15
Select Committee on Education Truancy
2013 February 11–February 15
13 / 16-18
Select Committee on Redistricting
2013 January 22–31
House Bills
Box/Folder
13 / 19-30
HB 1-129
2013
14 / 1-16
HB 130-369
2013
15 / 1-23
HB 370-619
2013
16 / 1-2
HB 620-638
2013
House Joint Resolutions
Box/Folder
16 / 3
HJ 1-32
2013
House Resolutions
Box/Folder
16 / 4
HR 1-5
2013
House Journals
Box/Folder
16 / 5-8
1st Legislative day-88th Legislative day
2013 January 7–April 25
Container(s) Description Dates
Senate Standing Committees Minutes
Box/Folder
16 / 9-31
Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
2013 January 10-18
16 / 32-49
Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
2013 January 9-February 13
17 / 1-27
Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
2013 February 14-April 22
17 / 28-31
Committee on Committees
2013 January 7-April 8
17 / 32-68
Education and Cultural Resources
2013 January 9-April 22
18 / 1-24
Energy and Telecommunications
2013 January 9-April 18
18 / 25-57
Finance and Claims
2013 January 14-April 23
multimedia
MM 88
Finance and Claims, Exhibit 2: The Period of Purple Crying DVD
2013 January 14
Box/Folder
18 / 58-60
Fish and Game
2013 January 10-17
19 / 1-23
Fish and Game
2013 January 22-April 23
19 / 24-47
Highways and Transportation
2013 January 15-April 19
19 / 48-68
Judiciary
2013 January 9-February 7
20 / 1-34
Judiciary
2013 February 8-March 26
21 / 1-11
Judiciary
2013 March 26-April 17
21 / 12-41
Local Government
2013 January 11-April 8
21 / 12-41
Local Government, Exhibit 11: Agenda 21 How Will It Affect You DVD
2013 February 11
21 / 42-67
Natural Resources
2013 January 11-March 25
22 / 1-8
Natural Resources
2013 March 27-April 22
22 / 9-41
Public Health, Welfare and Safety
2013 January 10-April 19
22 / 42-50
Senate/Joint Rules
2012 December 3-2013 April 22
22 / 51-82
State Administration
2013 January 11-April 3
multimedia
MM 88
State Administration, Exhibit 5: Montana Tribal Histories: Educators Resource Guide Companion DVD
2013 February 18
Box/Folder
23 / 1-3
State Administration
2013 April 10-April 19
23 / 4-45
Taxation
2013 January 9-April 15
Senate Bills
Box/Folder
24 / 1-18
SB 1-SB 179
2013
25 / 1-19
SB 180-SB 369
2013
26 / 1-4
SB 370-SB 410
2013
Senate Joint Resolutions
Box/Folder
26 / 5-8
SJ 1-SJ 38
2013
Senate Resolutions
Box/Folder
26 / 9-12
SR 1-SR 77
2013
Senate Journals
Box/Folder
26 / 13-17
1st Legislative day-79th Legislative day
2013 January 7-April 24

MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Miscellany
Box/Folder
26 / 18-19
Introduced Bills Status Reports: House and Senate Bills
2013 January 17-April 23
26 / 20-21
Memorials: Al Bishop, William Boharski, William Bush, Peter Combs, Dick Dzivi, Casey Emerson, Orvin Fjare, William Guy Gwynn, Ethel Harding, Harriet Hayne, John Hertel, Daphne Bugbee Jones, Jack Kessner, William Lowe, Joseph Mazurek, John McKeon, Harry McLane, Bill McNamer, James Mular, Donald Nefzger, Richard Nelson, Norris Nichols, Allyn O’Hair, Carle O’Neil, Ray Peck, Richard Pinsoneault, Hershel Robbins, Antoinette Rosell, Fred Schepens, Jay Stovall, Robert Thomas, Vernon Westlake, William Williams, Dan Yardley
2013

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Bills, Legislative--Montana
  • Legislative bodies--Montana--Committees

Geographical Names

  • Montana--Politics and government