MTLlr64.xml Guide to the Montana Legislature (64th:2015) records 2015 Montana Legislature (64th:2015) records Finding aid prepared by Caitlin Patterson Montana Historical Society 2016 Finding aid encoded by Caitlin Patterson 2016 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). March 5, 2021 Newly accquired item added to the inventory. Box numbers adjusted to reflect addition. Montana Historical SocietyArchives LR 64 Montana Legislature Montana Legislature (64th:2015) records 2015 26 linear feet of shelf space 856 DVDs Collection contains records (2015) of the 64th 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. 89:1-5 37:2-5 (Oversize Box) MAP CASE MM 89 DVD CAB English

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 64th Montana Legislature met from January 5th to April 28th, 2015. There were 16 standing committees in the Senate and 17 standing committees in the House, as designated by the 2015 Rules. The leaders of the Senate were Debby Barrett (R-President), Frederick (Eric) Moore (R-President Pro Tempore), Matthew Rosendale (R-Majority Leader), Ed Buttrey and Cary Smith (R-Majority Whips), Jon Sesso (D-Minority Leader) and Robyn Driscoll and Tom Facey (D-Minority Whips). The leaders of the House were Austin Knudsen (R-Speaker), Lee Randall (R-Speaker Pro Tempore), Keith Regier (R-Majority Leader), Jerry Bennett, Alan Doane, Greg Hertz, and Sarah Laszloffy (R-Majority Whips), Chuck Hunter (D-Minority Leader), Carolyn Pease-Lopez (D-Minority Caucus Chair), and Bryce Bennett, Margie MacDonald, and Jenny Eck (D-Minority Whips). The transmittal dates were February 27th, March 23 and 31st, and April 11th, 20th and 25th.

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”.

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.

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.

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

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

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Processed in 2016. Additions were made in 2021.

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Montana. Legislature Montana--Politics and government Bills, Legislative--Montana Legislative bodies--Montana--Committees Laws and Legislation Montana House and Senate Joint Committees Joint Subcommittee Minutes 1 / 1-16 Appropriations: Education 2015 January 8-February 18 1 / 17-37 Appropriations: General Government 2015 January 8-February 18 1 / 38-60 Appropriations: Health and Human Services 2015 January 8- February 9 2 / 1-8 Appropriations: Health and Human Services 2015 February 10-February 19 2 / 9-32 Appropriations: Judicial, Law and Justice 2015 January 8-February 17 2 / 33-38 Appropriations: Long Range Planning 2015 January 9-January 16 3 / 1-17 Appropriations: Long Range Planning 2015 January 19-February 16 OVFD 1 Appropriations: Long Range Planning, Exhibit 16: Beaver Creek Watershed map 2015 January 20 OVSZ Box 1 / 1 Appropriations: Long Range Planning, Unnumbered Exhibit: Montana State Water Plan (booklet) 2015 January 21 OVSZ Box 1 / 2 Appropriations: Long Range Planning, Exhibit 2: Lewis and Clark Caverns Facility Conditions Inventory 2015 January 23 3 / 18-39 Appropriations: Natural Resources and Transportation 2015 January 8-February 11 Joint Committee Minutes 3 / 40 Rules 2014 December 3 3 / 41 State Administration 2015 March 27 Conference Committee Minutes 3 / 42 House Bill 10 2015 April 23 3 / 43 House Bill 28 2015 April 20 3 / 44 House Bill 118 2015 April 14 3 / 45 House Bill 191 2015 April 23 3 / 46 House Bill 211 2015 April 16 4 / 1 House Bill 226 2015 April 14 4 / 2 House Bill 512 2015 April 22 4 / 3 Senate Bill 126 2015 March 27 4 / 4-5 Senate Bill 138 2015 April 14-April 22 Free Conference Committee Minutes 4 / 6-7 House Bill 2 2015 April 23 4 / 8 House Bill 6 2015 April 23 4 / 9-11 House Bill 33 2015 April 23-April 24 4 / 12 House Bill 410 2015 April 21 4 / 13 Senate Bill 171 2015 April 22 4 / 14 Senate Bill 260 2015 April 23 4 / 15 Senate Bill 261 2015 April 16 4 / 16-17 Senate Bill 283 2015 April 10-April 21 4 / 18 Senate Bill 353 2015 April 22 4 / 19-21 Senate Bill 354 2015 April 22-April 24 4 / 22 Senate Bill 385 2015 April 15 4 / 23 Senate Bill 389 2015 April 21 4 / 24-25 Senate Bill 418 2015 April 23 House of Representatives Standing Committee Minutes 4 / 26-44 Agriculture 2015 January 6-March 31 4 / 45-78 Appropriations 2015 January 6-February 25 OVSZ Box 1 / 3 Appropriations, Unnumbered exhibit: Assiniboine and Sioux and Dry Prairie Rural Water Systems 2015 February 18 5 / 1-19 Appropriations 2015 March 5-April 23 5 / 20-41 Business and Labor 2015 January 7-February 10 6 / 1-27 Business and Labor 2015 February 11-April 17 6 / 28-57 Education 2015 January 7-April 13 7 / 1 Education 2015 April 20 7 / 2-29 Federal Relations, Energy and Telecommunications 2015 January 7-April 15 7 / 30-53 Fish, Wildlife and Parks 2015 January 6-April 14 MM 89 Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Additional Document (Unnumbered Exhibit): HB 616 Playground for All (DVD) 2015 March 24 7 / 54-62 Human Services 2015 January 7-January 30 8 / 1-27 Human Services 2015 February 2-April 20 MM 89 Human Services, Exhibit 4: Consumer Direct, Fraud Prevention Video (DVD) 2015 March 23 8 / 28-51 Judiciary 2015 January 7-February 9 9 / 1-31 Judiciary 2015 February 10-April 11 MM 89 Judiciary, Exhibit 11: The Ultimate War: Globalism vs. America (DVD) 2015 February 23 MM 89 Judiciary, Exhibit 12: Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development in Montana (DVD) 2015 February 23 OVSZ Box 1 / 4 Judiciary, Exhibit 1: Deep Creek Range rules poster 2015 March 5 10 / 1-12 Judiciary 2015 April 11-April 17 MM 89 Judiciary, Unnumbered Exhibit: flash drive containing information on Senate Bill 262 2015 April 11

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 OVSZ Box 1 / 5 Judiciary, Exhibit 48: Upper Columbia Update and Flathead Lake draw down and fill charts 2015 April 11 10 / 13-33 Local Government 2015 January 6-April 14 11 / 1-30 Natural Resources 2015 January 7-April 20 11 / 31-41 Rules 2014 December 3-2015 April 15 11 / 42-71 State Administration 2015 January 7-February 23 12 / 1-16 State Administration 2015 February 24-April 17 12 / 17-59 Taxation 2015 January 7-April 14 12 / 60-68 Transportation 2015 January 7-January 28 13 / 1-18 Transportation 2015 January 30-April 10 MM 89 Transportation, Exhibit 1: House Bill 532 (DVD) 2015 February 20 House Bills 13 / 19-26 HB1-103 2015 14 / 1-11 HB104-349 2015 15 / 1-10 HB350-642 2015 House Joint Resolutions 16 / 1 HJ2-33 2015 House Resolutions 16 / 1 HR1-3 2015 House Journals 16 / 2-5 1st legislative day-87th legislative day 2015 January 5-April 28 Senate Standing Committee Minutes 16 / 6-29 Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation 2015 January 6-April 21 16 / 30-51 Business, Labor and Economic Affairs 2015 January 7-February 6 17 / 1-34 Business, Labor and Economic Affairs 2015 February 9-April 17 17 / 35-37 Committee on Committees 2014 December 3-2015 April 24 17 / 38-61 Education and Cultural Affairs 2015 January 7-March 25 18 / 1-6 Education and Cultural Affairs 2015 March 30-April 20 18 / 7-27 Energy and Telecommunications 2015 January 6-April 14 18 / 28-67 Finance and Claims 2015 January 7-April 10 19 / 1-7 Finance and Claims 2015 April 13-April 24 19 / 8-11 Finance and Claims: Subcommittee on Statewide Information Technology 2015 March 5-March 26 19 / 12-32 Fish and Game 2015 January 6-April 21 OVFD 2 Fish and Game, Exhibit 12: Fish, Wildlife and Parks, 24 inch plastic ruler 2015 January 15 19 / 33-55 Highways and Transportation 2015 January 6-April 21 OVFD 1 Highways and Transportation, Exhibit 1: Montana Official Highway Map 2015 April 14 19 / 56-69 Judiciary 2015 January 7-February 3 20 / 1-30 Judiciary 2015 February 4-April 21 OVSZ Box 1 / 6 Judiciary, Unnumbered Exhibit: Flathead Lake draw-down and fill charts 2015 February 16 20 / 31-38 Local Government 2015 January 7-February 11 21 / 1-9 Local Government 2015 February 13-March 23 21 / 10-40 Natural Resources 2015 January 7-April 15 OVSZ Box 1 / 7 Natural Resources, Exhibit 3: The DNRC Economy Report 2014 (booklet) 2015 January 7 OVSZ Box 1 / 8 Natural Resources, Exhibit 3: Conservation and Resource Development Projects (map) 2015 January 7 21 / 41-67 Public Health, Welfare and Safety 2015 January 7-April 8 22 / 1-4 Public Health, Welfare and Safety 2015 April 10-April 23 22 / 5-8 Rules 2014 December 3-2015 February 24 22 / 9-40 State Administration 2015 January 7-April 20 22 / 41-68 Taxation 2015 January 7-February 19 23 / 1-16 Taxation 2015 February 19-April 20 23 / 17-20 Taxation: Joint Subcommittee on Revenue Estimating 2015 March 5-March 20 Senate Bills 23 / 21-27 SB1-144 2015 24 / 1-9 SB145-349 2015 25 / 1-4 SB350-410 2015 Senate Joint Resolutions 25 / 5 SJ1-31 2015 Senate Resolutions 25 / 6 SR1-59 2015 Senate Journals 25 / 7-10 1st legislative day-87th legislative day 2015 January 5-April 28 Miscellaneous Miscellany 25 / 11 Introduced Bills Status Reports: House and Senate Bills 2014 December 30-2015 April 16 25 / 12 Memorials: Betty Babcock, Tim Babcock, Larry Baer, Ray Brandewie, Ed Carney, George Darrow, Bob DePratu, Wally Edland, Edna Gunderson, Harold Gunderson, Jack Gunderson, David Halvorson, Sam Hofman, Joan Hurdle, Vern Keller, Bill Mathers, William “Red” Menahan, Larry Menke, Sam Rose, Bruce Simon, Chet Solberg, Wilbur P. Spring, Jr., Wesley W. Stearns, Neil Taylor, Brent Bliss 2015 April 12