MTLlr61.xml Guide to the Montana Legislature (61st: 2009) records 2009 Montana Legislature (61st: 2009) records Finding aid prepared by Emiley Jensen, 2009. Updated by Caitlan Maxwell, 2010. Montana Historical Society 2010 Finding aid encoded by Emiley Jensen and Caitlan Maxwell2009 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). 2017 February Bioghist added. Montana Historical SocietyArchives LR 61 Montana. Legislature. Montana Legislature (61st: 2009) records 2009 32.5 linear feet of shelf space Collection contains records (2009) of the 61st 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 and the May 2009 special session. For a list of DVD video recordings available at MHS Click Here. For online access to committee hearing minutes and digital audio recordings visit the Montana Legislature website. 54:6-5 MM 66 MM 69 MAP CASE 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 61st Montana Legislature met from January 5th to April 28th, 2009. There were 16 standing committees in the Senate and 15 standing committees in the House. The leaders of the Senate were Robert Story (R-President), Dan McGee (R-President Pro Tempore), Jim Peterson (R-Majority Leader), Roy Brown and Greg Barkus (R-Majority Whips), Carol Williams (D-Minority Leader) Jesse Laslovich (D-Assistant Minority Leader) and Trudi Schmidt and Kim Gillan (D-Minority Whips). The leaders of the House were Bob Bergren (D-Speaker), Franke Wilmer (D-Speaker Pro Tempore), Margarett Campbell (D-Majority Leader), Mike Phillips (D-Majority Caucus Leader), Shannon Augare and Julie French (D-Majority Whips), Scott Sales (R-Minority Leader), Scott Mendenhall (R-Minority Floor Leader), Tom McGillvray (R-Assistant Minority Leader), and Chas Vincent, Dee Brown, Krayton Kerns and Llew Jones (R-Minority Whips). The transmittal dates were February 26th, March 18th, 26th and 31st, and April 2nd, 15th, 17th and 21st.

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 and the May 2009 special session. The collection also contains miscellany material including a bill subject index and sponsor bill list.

The collection is organized into the following series: I. Joint Committees thereunder minutes by committee and date; I. 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.

Digital video recordings of committee hearings are available on DVD at MHS. Committee hearings, minutes, and exhibits are also available online here. For instructions on how to find a specific committee recording please visit here.

Collection is open for research.

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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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Bills, Legislative--Montana Legislative bodies--Montana--Committees Montana--Politics and government Montana Government and Politics House and Senate Joint Committees Joint Subcommittee Minutes 1 / 1-28 Appropriations: Education 2009 January 8 - March 13 1/ 29 Appropriations: Finance and Claims 2009 February 19 1 / 30-40 Appropriations: General Government 2009 January 8 - 22 2 / 1-18 Appropriations: General Government 2009 January 23 - March 13 2 / 19-35 Appropriations: Health and Human Services 2009 January 8 - 30 OVFD 1 Appropriations: Health and Human Services, Exhibit 7: Senior Helping Hands posters 2009 January 27 3 / 1-17 Appropriations: Health and Human Services 2009 February 2 - March 13 3 / 18-40 Appropriations: Judicial Branch, Law Enforcement, and Justice 2009 January 8 - March 13 3 / 41-48 Appropriations: Long-Range Planning 2009 January 8 - 19 MM 66 Appropriations: Long-Range Planning [exhibits from HB 11 Jan 15 include MULTIMEDIA: see MM 66] 2009 January 15 4 / 1-24 Appropriations: Long-Range Planning 2009 January 19 - March 18 5 / 1-24 Appropriations: Natural Resources and Transportation 2009 January 9 - February 20 5 / 25-40 Appropriations: Reappraisal 2009 January 13 - March 10 6 / 1-4 Appropriations: Reappraisal 2009 March 12 - 17 6 / 5 Joint Rules 2008 December 15 Conference Committees Minutes 6 / 6 HB 23 2009 March 24 6 / 7 HB 228 2009 April 7 6 / 8 HB 486 2009 April 15-16 6 / 9 HB 531 2009 April 16 6 / 10 HB 602 2009 April 8 6 / 11 SB 48 2009 April 7 6 / 12 SB 73 2009 April 6 6 / 13 SB 74 2009 March 19 6 / 14 SB 108 2009 April 2 6 / 15 SB 119 2009 April 22 6 / 16 SB 263 2009 April 17 6 / 17 SB 305 2009 April 8 6 / 18 SB 310 2009 April 7 6 / 19 SB 404 2009 April 8 6 / 20 SB 418 2009 April 23 6 / 21 SB 457 2009 April 15 Free Conference Committees Minutes 6 / 22 HB 2 2009 April 17, 24, 27 6 / 23 HB 3 2009 April 21 6 / 24 HB 5 2009 April 21, 27 6 / 25 HB 123 2009 April 27 6 / 26 HB 331 2009 April 21 6 / 27 HB 602 2009 April 22 6 / 28 HB 622 2009 April 17, 24-25, 27 6 / 29 HB 645 2009 April 17, 24-25, 27 6 / 30 HB 658 2009 April 21-22, 24, 27 6 / 31 HB 676 2009 April 27 6 / 32 HB 2, 676, and 645 2009 April 20-22 6 / 33 HB 2, 245 2009 April 23 6 / 34 SB 79 2009 April 1 6 / 35 SB 108 2009 April 7 6 / 36 SB 171 2009 April 24 6 / 37 SB 322 2009 April 23 6 / 38 SB 348 2009 April 15 6 / 39 SB 348 2009 April 16 6 / 40 SB 371 2009 April 27 6 / 41 SB 427 2009 April 8 6 / 42 SB 507 2009 April 20 6 / 43 SJR 30 2009 April 23 House of Representatives House Standing Committees Minutes 6 / 44-66 Agriculture 2009 January 6 - April 9 MM 66 Agriculture, Exhibit 3: "Camp Collie 2002-03" DVD 2009 February 17 MM 69 Agriculture, Exhibit 3: The Humane Society of the United States, "Camp Collie" VHS tape 2009 February 17 6 / 67-74 Appropriations 2009 January 7-20 OVFD 2 Appropriations, Exhibit 5: Montana Food Bank Network, images and text removed from a poster 2009 January 16 7 / 1-56 Appropriations 2009 January 21-March 31 OVFD 3 Appropriations, Exhibit 4: Daly Mansion restoration photos removed from poster 2009 January 21 8 / 1-9 Appropriations 2009 April 1-27 8 / 10-58 Business and Labor 2009 January 6-March 26 9 / 1-7 Business and Labor 2009 March 27-April 21 9 / 8-34 Education 2009 January 7-March 27 9 / 35-62 Federal Relations, Energy, and Telecommunications 2009 January 7-April 22 10 / 1-27 Fish, Wildlife, and Parks 2009 January 6-April 9 OVFD 4 Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, Exhibits 9-10: 23 by 30 inch photo prints of outdoor scene featuring people, vehicles and a roadway 2009 January 13 10 / 28-39 Human Services 2009 January 7-February 2 11 / 1-22 Human Services 2009 February 4-April 20 11 / 23-50 Judiciary 2009 January 7-February 13 OVSZ Box 1 / 1 Judiciary, Exhibit 6: mounted posters on animal abuse and fighting 2009 February 6 12 / 1-32 Judiciary 2009 February 14-April 21 12 / 33-42 Local Government 2009 January 6-29 OVSZ Box 1 / 2 Local Government, Exhibit 18: database printout of responses to HB 191 2009 January 22 13 / 1-25 Local Government 2009 February 3-April 15 13 / 26-41 Natural Resources 2009 January 7-February 11 14 / 1-20 Natural Resources 2009 February 13-April 15 14 / 21-22 Rules [includes draft adoption] 2008 December 15, 2009 January 8 14 / 23-50 State Administration 2009 January 7-February 16 15 / 1-22 State Administration 2009 February 17-April 8 15 / 23-55 Taxation 2009 January 7-March 18 16 / 1-18 Taxation 2009 March 19-April 17 16 / 19-45 Transportation 2009 January 7-April 6 House Bills 16 / 46-47 Bill nos. 1-5 2009 17 / 1-14 Bill nos. 6-193 2009 18 / 1-15 Bill nos. 194-485 2009 19 / 1-12 Bill nos. 486-678 2009 House Joint Resolutions 19 / 13-14 Bill nos. 1-43 2009 House Resolutions 20 / 1 Bill nos. 1-3 2009 House Bill Status Reports 20 / 2-8 1st Legislative Day—90th Legislative Day 2009 January 2-April 28 House Journals 20 / 9-13 1st Legislative Day–90th Legislative Day 2009 January 5-April 28 Senate Senate Standing Committees Minutes 20 / 14-22 Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation 2009 January 8-February 5 21 / 1-16 Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation 2009 February 10-April 7 21 / 17-39 Business, Labor and Economic Affairs 2009 January 7-February 12 22 / 1-26 Business, Labor and Economic Affairs 2009 February 13-April 17 22 / 27-40 Education and Culture Resources 2009 January 7-February 9 23 / 1-19 Education and Culture Resources 2009 February 11-April 15 23 / 20-43 Energy and Telecommunications 2009 January 8-April 7 23 / 44-64 Finance and Claims 2009 January 12-March 16 24 / 1-26 Finance and Claims 2009 March 17-April 23 24 / 27-39 Fish and Game 2009 January 22-February 19 25 / 1-11 Fish and Game 2009 March 3-April 7 25 / 12-32 Highways and Transportation 2009 January 8-April 7 25 / 33-60 Judiciary [Feb 11 exhibit 8 object removed due to size; replaced with photograph] 2009 January 7-February 16 26 / 1-33 Judiciary 2009 February 17-April 15 26/ 34 Legislative Administration 2009 March 11 26 / 35-58 Local Government 2009 January 7-March 11 27 / 1-12 Local Government 2009 March 13-April 27 27 / 13-47 Natural Resources [Mar 4 exhibit 3 object removed due to size; replaced with photograph] 2009 January 7-April 6 27 / 48-50 Public Health, Welfare and Safety 2009 January 9-14 28 / 1-30 Public Health, Welfare and Safety 2009 January 16-April 22 28 / 31-32 Rules 2008 December 15, 2009 Janurary 8 28 / 33-60 State Administration 2009 January 7-March 20 29 / 1-8 State Administration 2009 March 23-April 20 29 / 9-59 Taxation 2009 January 7-April 7 30 / 1-4 Taxation 2009 April 8-22 Senate Bills 30 / 5-19 Bill nos. 1-176 2009 31 / 1-16 Bill nos. 177-426 2009 32 / 1-7 Bill nos. 427-514 2009 Senate Joint Resolutions 32 / 8-9 Bill nos. 1-39 2009 Senate Resolutions 32 / 10 Bill nos. 1-38 2009 Senate Bill Status Reports 32 / 11-15 1st Legislative Day—90th Legislative Day 2009 January 13-April 28 Senate Journals 33 / 1-4 1st Legislative Day–90th Legislative Day 2009 January 5 - April 28 Miscellany 33 / 5-6 Memorials (Edgar "Eddy" Adams, Jerome "Jerry" Anderson, George Thomas (Tom) Asay, Eunice "Toni" Bergene, John J. Cavan, Dale Harry Davis, William M. (Willie) Day. Robert A. Ellerd, William Endy, Jake Frank, Jack E. Galt, George Grodon Groesbeck, James McCrea Haughey, Clyde L. Hawks, Thomas Kilpatrick, Francis Koehnke, Edward Kolar, Allen Kolstad, Norman W. Mills, Thomas "Tom" Nelson, Bill "Doc" Norman, Karl Ohs, Gaylon F. (Lum) Owens, Clyde B. Smith, Robert E. Throft, George Thurman, Harry Van Der Voort) 2009 34 / 1 Long Range Planning: HB 11 Exhibit 2 Section of Pipe [removed from minutes due to size] 2009 January 15