LR 59
Montana. Legislature.
Montana Legislature (59th: 2005) records
2004-2005
32.4 linear feet of shelf space
2,364 cassette tapes
Collection contains records (2004-2005) of the 59th 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 December 2005 special
session. For online access to committee hearing minutes and digital audio recordings visit
the Montana Legislature
website.
33:3-4 ; 54:3-4
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 59th Montana Legislature met from January 3rd to April 26th, 2005. There were 17 standing committees in the Senate, 17 standing committees in the House, and 8 joint committees or subcommittees. The leaders of the Senate were Jon Tester (D-President), Dan Harrington (D-President Pro Tempore), Jon Ellingson (D-Majority Leader), Carolyn Squires and Trudi Schmidt (D-Majority Whips), Bob Keenan (R-Minority Leader) and Corey Stapleton and Robert Story (R-Minority Whips). The leaders of the House were Gary Matthews (D-Speaker), David Wanzenried (D-Majority Leader), John Parker (D-Majority Floor Leader), Bob Bergren and Gail Gutsche (D-Majority Whips), Roy Brown (R-Minority Leader), Michael Lange (R-Minority Floor Leader), Debby Barrett and Dennis Himmelberger (R-Minority Whips). The transmittal dates were March 1st, 18th, and 30th, and April 4th, 6th, 14th, 16th, 18th and 20th.
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 December 2005 special session.
The collection also contains miscellany material including a bill subject index and sponsor
bill list.
The collection is organized into two subgroups, Regular Session and Special Session.
The subgroup Regular Session is organized into four series, House and Senate Joint Committees, House of Representatives, Senate, and Miscellany. The series House and Senate Joint Committees is organized into four subseries, Joint Subcommittee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name), Joint Select Committees Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name), Conference Committee Minutes (arranged numerically by House and then Senate bill number), and Free Conference Committee Minutes (arranged numerically by House and then Senate bill number). The series House of Representatives is organized into seven subseries House Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name), House Select Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name), House Bills (arranged numerically by bill number), House Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), House Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), House Bill Status Reports (arranged chronologically), and House Journals (arranged chronologically). The series Senate is organized into six subseries, Senate Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name), Senate Bills (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Status Reports (arranged chronologically), and Senate Journals (arranged chronologically).
The subgroup Special Session is organized into two series, House of Representatives, and Senate. The House of Representatives series is organized into five subseries, House Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name), House Bills (arranged numerically by bill number), House Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), House Bill Status Reports (arranged chronologically), and House Journals (arranged chronologically). The Senate series is organized into five series, Senate Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name), Senate Bills (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Bill Status Reports (arranged chronologically), and Senate Journals (arranged chronologically).
Committee hearings are available on audio cassette and digital video cassette at MHS.
Committee hearings minutes and digital audio recordings also available onlinehere. For instructions on how to find a specific committee recording please visit here.
Collection is open for research.
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and
makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission
must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not
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owners.
[item description and date]. Montana Legislature (59th: 2005) records, 2004-2005.
Legislative Record 59. [box and folder number]. Montana Historical Society Research Center.
Archives. Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
processed in 2005
OVERSIZE MATERIAL: oversize box, and multimedia collection.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should
search under these terms.
Bills, Legislative--Montana.
Legislative bodies--Montana--Committees.
Montana--Politics and government.
Montana.
Government and Politics.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Regular Session
House and Senate Joint Committees
Joint Subcommittee Minutes:
1 / 1-25
Appropriations: Corrections and Public Safety
2005 January 6 - February 11
1 / 26-34
Appropriations: Education [exhibits from January 6 and January 14 include MULTIMEDIA: see MM 61]
2005 January 6-19
2 / 1-17
Appropriations: Education [exhibit from February 7 includes MULTIMEDIA: see MM61]
2005 January 20 - February 10
2 / 18-20
Appropriations: Education (Working Group Indian Education for All Montanans)
2005 January 24-26
3 / 1-6
Appropriations: Education (Working Group Indian Education for All Montanans) [exhibit from January 28 includes MULTIMEDIA: see MM 61]
2005 January 28 - February 4
3 / 7-29
Appropriations: General Government and Transportation
2005 January 6 - February 16
3 / 30-31
Appropriations: Health and Human Services
2005 January 6-7
4 / 1-31
Appropriations: Health and Human Services
2005 January 10 - February 18
5 / 1-31
Appropriations: Long-Range Planning
2005 January 6 - March 15
5 / 32-38
Appropriations: Natural Resources and
Conservation
2005 January 6-14
6 / 1-19
Appropriations: Natural Resources and Conservation
2005 January 17 - February 18
Joint Select Committees Minutes:
6 / 20-41
Education Funding
2005 February 14 - April 15
6 / 42-45
Mental Health
2005 March 17 - April 5
Conference Committee Minutes
6 / 46
HB 5 (re long-range building appropriations)
2005 April 19
6 / 47
HB 46 (re crime of vehicular homicide)
2005 April 18
6 / 48
HB 63 (re school finance)
2005 April 11
6 / 49-50
HB 135 (re requiring cost-effective system for state airline ticket purchasing)
2005 April 13-18
6 / 51
HB 218 (re revising laws on mosquito control districts)
2005 April 14
6 / 52
HB 227 (re revising deferral of property taxes for active military personnel)
2005 April 15
6 / 53
HB 272 (re half-price hunting licenses to certain disabled veterans)
2005 April 12
6 / 54
HB 348 (re revising youth access to alcohol and provide for keg registration)
2005 April 13
6 / 55
HB 361 (re revising opencut mining act)
2005 April 12
6 / 56
HB 367 (re revising laws to reflect Justice Courts as a court of record)
2005 April 13
6 / 57
HB 531 (re funding McLaughlin research institute expansion)
2005 April 19
6 / 58
HB 625 (re revising laws governing resort communities and resort areas)
2005 April 15
6 / 59
SB 40 (re allowing for petition by property owners to create RSID)
2005 April 14
6 / 60
SB 81 (re revising National Guard Civil Relief Act)
2005 April 8
6 / 61
SB 120 (re extending hospital tax on inpatient bed days)
2005 April 20
6 / 62
SB 139 (re reviewing and modifying child support orders)
2005 April 14
6 / 63
SB 154 (re limiting CHIP administrative and reserve costs)
2005 April 14
6 / 64
SB 175 (re allowing zoning classification as street maintenance assessment method)
2005 April 13
6 / 65
SB 260 (re confirming written decision to oral pronouncement -- contested cases)
2005 April 20
7/ 1
SB 278 (re CPA practice across jurisdiction equivalency)
2005 March 31
7 / 2
SB 423 (re revising ignition interlock laws)
2005 April 11
7 / 3
SB 443 (re auto insurance premium reductions for certain National Guard and reservists)
2005 April 13
7 / 4
SB 445 (re authorizing tuition waiver for qualified National Guard members)
2005 April 18
7 / 5
SB 461 (re licensing athletic
trainers)
2005 April 14
Free Conference Committee Minutes
7 / 6-9
HB 2 (re general appropriations act)
2005 April 15-16
7 / 10
HB 99 (re penalties for driving when license suspended or revoked for DUI or test refusal)
2005 April 14
7 / 11
HB 115 (re revising property tax exemption laws)
2005 April 13
7 / 12
HB 146 (re civil false claims act)
2005 April 14
7 / 13
HB 177 (re revising election procedure)
2005 April 15
7 / 14
HB 361 (re revising opencut mining act)
2005 April 14
7 / 15
HB 493 (re revising aerospace technology bond program)
2005 April 13
7 / 16
HB 517 (re providing issuance of a Montana distillery license)
2005 April 13
7 / 17
HB 540 (re bonding for higher education and other state projects)
2005 April 15
7 / 18
HB 584 (re promoting growth of film and other media in Montana)
2005 April 19
7 / 19
HB 592 (re standardizing penalty and interest calculations for taxes)
2005 April 19
7 / 20
HB 606 (re certain small miners using impoundment to store waste must obtain DEQ approval)
2005 April 15
7 / 21
SB 107 (re clarifying conditions requiring agricultural chemical groundwater management plans)
2005 April 15
7 / 22
SB 114 (re penalties for unauthorized insurance transactions)
2005 April 18
7 / 23
SB 146 (re statewide public defender system)
2005 April 13
7 / 24
SB 154 (re limiting CHIP administrative and reserve costs)
2005 April 18
7 / 25
SB 217 (re revising apprentice training laws)
2005 April 14
7 / 26
SB 287 (re regulating sale of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine; meth watch program)
2005 April 18
7 / 27
SB 319 (re public financing for Supreme Court candidates)
2005 April 19
7 / 28
SB 339 (re providing low-cost sports licenses for active military personnel)
2005 April 18
7 / 29
SB 489 (re using orphan share fund for evaluation and remediation alternatives)
2005 April 19
7/ 30
SB 516 (re revising certain tax appeal and penalty provisions)
2005 April 19
House of Representatives
House Standing Committee Minutes
7 / 31-47
Agriculture
2005 January 11 - April 12
8 / 1-38
Appropriations [exhibit from March 2 includes MULTIMEDIA: see MM 61]
2005 January 3 - March 29
9 / 1-4
Appropriations
2005 March 30 - April 19
9 / 5-44
Business and Labor
2005 January 10 - March 15
10 / 1-9
Business and Labor
2005 March 16 - April 18
10 / 10-42
Education [include subcommittees and drafts, exhibits from January 17 and April 4 include OVERSIZE MATERIAL: see oversize box, folder 1]
2005 January 10 - April 4
10 / 43-49
Federal Relations, Energy and Telecommunications
2005 January 10 - February 2
11 / 1-21
Federal Relations, Energy and Telecommunications
2005 February 7 - April 18
11 / 22-42
Fish, Wildlife and Parks
2005 January 11 - March 31
11 / 43-50
Human Services
2005 January 7-24
12 / 1-29
Human Services
2005 January 26 - April 15
12 / 30-46
Judiciary
2005 January 6-28
13 / 1-30
Judiciary
2005 January 31 - March 30
14 / 1-10
Judiciary
2005 March 31 - April 15
14 / 11-30
Local Government
2005 January 11 - April 7
14 / 31-42
Natural Resources [includes draft, exhibit from January 31 includes MULTIMEDIA: see MM 61]
2005 January 10 - February 2
15 / 1-20
Natural Resources [exhibit from February 16 includes ARTIFACT: see artifact box]
2005 February 4 - April 19
15 / 21-28
Rules [drafts, includes subcommittee and joint committee]
2004 December 29 - 2005 March 3, 7, 9
15 / 29-61
State Administration
2005 January 11 - March 16
16 / 1-9
State Administration [exhibit from March 22 includes OVERSIZE MATERIAL: see oversize box, folder 1]
2005 March 22 - April 15
16 / 10-61
Taxation [exhibits from January 13 and April 11 include OVERSIZE MATERIAL: see oversize box, folder 1]
2005 January 10 - April 15
17 / 1-30
Transportation [exhibit from February 2 includes OVERSIZE MATERIAL: see oversize box, folder 1]
2005 January 10 - April 8
House Select Committee Minutes
17 / 31-52
Select Committee on Education [exhibit from January 27 includes OVERSIZE MATERIAL: see oversize box, folder 1]
2005 January 11 - April 15
House Bills
17 / 53-54
Bill nos. 1-2
2005
18 / 1-19
Bill nos. 3-212
2005
19 / 1-18
Bill nos. 213-564
2005
20 / 1-13
Bill nos. 565-806
2005
House Joint Resolutions
20 / 14-15
Bill nos. 1-45
2005
House Resolutions
20 / 16
Bill nos. 1-3
2005
House Bill Status Reports
20 / 17
1st Legislative Day—86th Legislative Day
2004 December 30 - 2005 April 21
House Journals
20 / 18
1st Legislative Day –20th Legislative Day
2005 January 3-26
21 / 1-4
21st Legislative Day—86th Legislative Day
2005 January 27 - April 21
Senate
Senate Standing Committee Minutes
21 / 5-31
Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation
2005 January 3 - April 11
21 / 32-58
Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
2005 January 6 - February 18
22 / 1-22
Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
2005 February 19 - April 12
22 / 23-27
Committee on Committee
2005 January 13 - April 19
22 / 28-49
Education and Culture Resources
2005 January 3 - February 14
23 / 1-13
Education and Culture Resources
2005 February 16 - April 14
23 / 14-34
Energy and Telecommunication [exhibits from
January 4 include MULTIMEDIA: see MM 61]
2005 January 4 - April 12
23 / 35-58
Finance and Claims
2005 January 6 - March 23
24 / 1-17
Finance and Claims (includes House Appropriations Committee Joint Meeting)
2005 March 24 - April 11
24 / 18-30
Fish and Game
2005 January 4 - March 3
25 / 1-10
Fish and Game [exhibits from March 10 and March 22 include MULTIMEDIA: see MM 61]
2005 March 8 - April 12
25 / 11-34
Highway and Transportation [exhibit from March 24 include OVERSIZE MATERIAL: see oversize box, folder 1]
2005 January 6 - April 5
25 / 35-59
Judiciary
2005 January 4 - February 8
26 / 1-37
Judiciary [exhibits from March 10 and April 5 include MULTIMEDIA: see MM 61; exhibits from March 10 and March 11 include OVERSIZE MATERIAL: see oversize box, folder 1]
2005 February 9 - April 12
26 / 38-42
Judiciary subcommittee on SB 146 (re statewide public defender system)
2005 January 25 - February 12
27 / 1-23
Local Government [exhibit from April 5 includes
OVERSIZE MATERIAL: see oversize box, folder 1]
2005 January 4 - April 5
27 / 24-57
Natural Resources and Conservation
2005 January 3 - April 18
27 / 58-63
Public Health, Welfare and Safety
2005 January 5-17
28 / 1-30
Public Health, Welfare and Safety
2005 January 19 - April 13
28 / 31-35
Rules (includes Committee on Joint
Rules)
2005 January 11 - March 18
28 / 36-56
State Administration
2005 January 5 - March 2
29 / 1-18
State Administration
2005 March 4 - April 19
29 / 19-64
Taxation [exhibit from February 11 includes
ARTIFACT: see artifact box]
2005 January 4 - April 5
30 / 1-6
Taxation
2005 April 6-19
Senate Bills
31 / 1-16
Bill nos. 1-274
2005
32 / 1-15
Bill nos. 275-512
2005
33 / 1
Bill nos. 513-526
2005
Senate Joint Resolutions
33 / 2-3
Bill nos. 1-42
2005
Senate Resolutions
33 / 4
Bill nos. 1-19
2005
Senate Status Reports
33 / 5
1st Legislative Day - 86th Legislative
Day
2004 December 30 - 2005 April 21
Senate Journals
33 / 6
1st Legislative Day - 20th Legislative Day
2005 January 3-26
34 / 1-7
21st Legislative Day - 86th Legislative Day
2005 January 27 - April 21
Miscellany
34 / 8
Bill subject index
2005
34 / 9
Sponsor bill list
2005
Special Session
House of Representatives
House Standing Committee Minutes
35 / 1-5
Appropriations
2005 December 14-15
35 / 6-9
Education
2005 December 14-15
35 / 10-11
Rules (includes House Subcommittee)
2005 December 9
35 / 12-13
State Administration
2005 December 14-15
House Bills
35 / 14
Bill nos. 1-4
2005
House Joint Resolutions
35 / 15
Bill nos. 1-2
2005
House Bill Status Report
35 / 16
1st Legislative Day - 3rd Legislative Day
2005 December 14-16
House Journals
35 / 17
1st Legislative Day - 2nd Legislative Day
2005 December 14-15
Senate
Senate Standing Committee Minutes
35 / 18-19
Education and Cultural Resources
2005 December 14
35 / 20-21
Finance and Claims
2005 December 15
35 / 22
Judiciary
2005 December 14
35 / 23-24
Rules (includes Committee on Joint
Rules)
2005 December 13
35 / 25-26
State Administration
2005 December 14-15
Senate Bills
35 / 27
Bill no. 1
2005
Senate Resolutions
35 / 28
Bill nos. 1-3
2005
Senate Bill Status Reports
35 / 29
1st Legislative Day - 3rd Legislative Day
2005
Senate Journals
35 / 30
1st Legislative Day - 2nd Legislative Day
2005