Montana Historical Society Archives
LR 50
Montana. Legislature.
Montana Legislature (50th: 1987) records
1986-1987
21.5 linear feet of shelf space
Collection contains records (1986-1987)
of the Montana 50th Legislature including minutes of the Senate Long Range
Planning Subcommittee on the Location of the Law Enforcement Academy; Free
Conference committee minutes; minutes and reports of House and Senate standing
committees, House and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, joint resolutions
and memorials; and miscellany.
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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 50th Montana Legislature met from January 5th to April 23rd, 1987. The leaders of the Senate were Bill Norman (D-President), George McCallum (D-President Pro Tempore), Fred Van Valkenburg (D-Majority Leader), and Gary Aklestad (R-Minority Leader). The leaders of the House were Bob Marks (R-Speaker), Dennis Iverson (R-Speaker Pro Tempore), Thomas Hannah (R-Majority Leader), and John Vincent (D-Minority Leader).
Sources: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”.
Collection includes the minutes of the Senate Long Range Planning
Subcommittee on the Location of the Law Enforcement Academy; Free Conference
committee minutes (regarding appropriation of funds to various state agencies,
lowering coal severance tax rates, and adopting joint rules to govern House and
Senate proceedings); and minutes and reports of House and Senate standing
committees, House and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, joint resolutions
and memorials. The collection also contains miscellany material including
committee exhibits; Memorials (Ben Benson, Paul Cannon, Gene Frates, Patrick
Gilfeather, Lester Goodwin, Rex Hibbs, Malcolm Holtz, Herbert, Huennekens, Paul
Kropp, Harold McGrath, Joseph Monaghan, Richard Nutting, Irving Nyquist, Stuart
Olson, Robert Patterson, Carl Peters, Arnold Rieder, Edward Swanz, and Thomas
Tobin); sponsor list; and subject index to House and Senate bills.
The collection is organized into the four series House and Senate Joint Committees, House of Representatives, Senate, and Miscellany.
The series House and Senate Joint Committees is organized into these three subseries, Joint Subcommittee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), Free Conference Committee Minutes (arranged numerically by House and then Senate bill number), and Special Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically).
The series House of Representatives is organized into these five subseries, House Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), House Bills (arranged numerically by bill number), House Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Status Sheets of House Bills (arranged chronologically), and House Journals (arranged chronologically).
The series Senate is organized into these six subseries, Senate Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), Senate Special Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), Senate Bills (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Status Sheets of Senate Bills (arranged chronologically), and Senate Journals (arranged chronologically).
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 necessarily hold copyright to
all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may
require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
[item description and date]. Montana Legislature (50th: 1987) records, 1986-1987. Legislative Records 50.
[box and folder number]. Montana Historical Society Research Center. Archives. Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
Bill Summers processed the collection in 1990.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana
Historical Society Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons, or places should search under these terms.
Bills, Legislative--Montana.
Legislative bodies--Committees--Montana.
Montana--Politics and government.
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
House and Senate Joint Committees
Joint Subcommittee Minutes
[for Joint Agriculture,
Livestock, and Irrigation committee minutes see House Agriculture committee
minutes]
1 / 1-14
Appropriations: Education
1987 January 6 - March 6
1 / 15-18
Appropriations: General Government and Highways
1987 January 6-22
2 / 1-8
Appropriations: General Government and Highways
1987 January 23 - March 5
2 / 9-17
Appropriations: Human Services
1987 January 6 - March 6
2 / 18
Appropriations: Institutions and Cultural Education
1987 January 6-14
3 / 1-4
Appropriations: Institutions
and Cultural Education
1987 January 15 - March 6
3 / 5-16
Appropriations: Long Range Planning
1987 January 6 - March 18
4 / 1-2
Appropriations: Long Range Planning [Exhibits]
1987 March 18
4 / 3-9
Appropriations: Natural Resources
1987 January 6- March 5
4 / 10
Legislative Administration
1986 December 12
4 / 11
Rules
1986 December 13 - 1987 January 7
[for Joint Senate and House
Taxation committee minutes see Senate Taxation committee]
Free Conference Committee Minutes
4 / 12
H.B. 252 (re adopting joint rules to govern House and Senate proceedings)
1987 April 20
4 / 13-14
H.B. 2 (re appropriation of money to various state agencies)
1987 April 22-23
4 / 15
S.J.R. 6 (re lowering coal severance tax rates)
1987 February 6 - March 4
Special Joint Committee Minutes
4 / 16-17
Revenue Estimating
Subcommittee of House and Senate Taxation Committees
1987 January 13 - February 18
House of Representatives
House Standing Committee Minutes
4 / 18-21
Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation (includes Joint House and Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Committees)
1987 January 7 - March 6
5 / 1
Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation
1987 March 11 - April 1
5 / 2-14
Appropriations
1987 January 6 - April 23
5 / 15-17
Business and Labor
1987 January 6-23
6 / 1-10
Business and Labor
1987 January 26 - March 10
6 / 11-16
Business and Labor (includes Business and Labor Workers Compensation Sub Committee)
1987 March 11 - April 20
6 / 17-19
Education and Cultural Resources
1987 January 7 - February 11
7 / 1-3
Education and Cultural Resources
1987 February 13 - April 13
7 / 4-7
Fish and Game
1987 January 8 - March 17
7 / 8-10
Highways and Transportation
1987 January 8 - March 26
7 / 11-17
Human Services and Aging
1987 January 6 - April 22
7 / 18-19
Judiciary
1987 January 7 - February 3
8 / 1-9
Judiciary
1987 February 4 - March 26
8 / 10
Legislative Administration
1986 June 28 - 1987 April 17
8 / 11-15
Local Government
1987 January 8 - April 14
8 / 16-21
Natural Resources
1987 January 7 - April 17
9 / 1
Rules
1986 December 13 - 1987 April 24
9 / 2
State Administration
1987 January 6-20
9 / 3
State Administration (includes joint meeting with Appropriations Services and Appropriations Institutions sub committees)
1987 January 21-27
9 / 4-9
State Administration
1987 January 28 - March 26
9 / 10-18
Taxation
1987 January 6 - February 18
10 / 1-9
Taxation
1987 February 19 - April 15
House Bills
10 / 10-18
Bill nos. 1-160
1987
11 / 1-20
Bill nos. 161-600
1987
12 / 1-15
Bill nos. 601-912
1987
House Joint Resolutions
12 / 16-17
Bill nos. 2-60
1987
Status Sheets of House Bills
12 / 18-21
1st-55th Legislative Days
1987 January 2 - March 11
13 / 1-5
56th-90th Legislative Days
1987 March 13 - April 24
House Journals
13 / 6-10
1st-90th Legislative Days
1987 January 5 - April 23
Senate
Senate Standing Committee Minutes
13 / 11-14
Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
1987 January 9 - April 15
13 / 15-20
Business and Industry
1987 January 6 - March 5
14 / 1-5
Business and Industry
1987 March 6 - April 23
14 / 6-15
Education and Cultural Resources
1987 January 9 - April 22
14 / 16-18
Finance and Claims
1987 January 9 - March 31
15 / 1-7
Finance and Claims
1987 April 2-15
15 / 8-9
Finance and Claims (HB 2 Legislative Fiscal Analyst narrative)
1987
15 / 10-14
Fish and Game
1987 January 10 - March 31
15 / 15-18
Highways and Transportation
1987 January 13 - April 23
15 / 19
Judiciary
1987 January 6-13
16 / 1-8
Judiciary
1987 January 14 - March 19
16 / 9
Judiciary (includes Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee on Wrongful Discharge)
1987 March 20-23
16 / 10-12
Judiciary
1987 March 24 - April 16
16 / 13-19
Labor and Employment Relations
1987 January 8 - February 19
17 / 1-4
Labor and Employment Relations
1987 February 19 - April 22
17 / 5
Legislative Administration
1986 December 12 - 1987 April 20
17 / 6-11
Local Government
1987 January 8 - April 14
[for Long Range Planning Sub Committee Minutes see Senate Special Committees]
17 / 12-20
Natural Resources
1987 January 7 - April 22
17 / 21
Public Health, Welfare, and Safety
1987 January 7-26
18 / 1-5
Public Health, Welfare, and Safety
1987 January 28 - April 16
18 / 6
Rules
1986 December 13 - 1987 April 7
18 / 7-13
State Administration
1987 January 7 - March 13
18 / 14-16
State Administration (re
proposed Constitutional Convention to balance the budget)
1987 March 16
18 / 17-18
State Administration (includes sub committee on HB 325)
1987 March 17 - April 23
18 / 19-20
Taxation (includes Joint
Senate and House Taxation Committees)
1987 January 6-19
19 / 1-3
Taxation
1987 January 20 - February 18
19 / 4
Taxation (includes Joint
Senate and House Taxation Committees)
1987 February 19
19 / 5-6
Taxation
1987 February 20 - March 4
19 / 7-8
Taxation (includes Sub Committee on SB 307, re tax reform)
1987 March 5-13
19 / 9-16
Taxation
1987 March 17 - April 22
Senate Special Committee Minutes
19 / 17-18
Long Range Planning Subcommittee on the location of the Law Enforcement Academy
1987 April 10-11
Senate Bills
20 / 1-21
Bill nos. 1-25, 27-365
1987
21 / 1-3
Bill nos. 366-397
1987
Senate Joint Resolutions
21 / 4
Bill nos. 1-15
1987
Status Sheets of Senate Bills
21 / 5-7
1st-69th, 71st Legislative
Days
1987 January 2 - March 30
22 / 1
72nd-90th Legislative Days
(includes final report)
1987 March 31 - April 24
Senate Journals
22 / 2-5
1st-90th Legislative Days
1987 January 5 - April 23
Miscellany
22 / 6
Committee exhibits
undated
22 / 7
Memorials (Ben Benson, Paul
Cannon, Gene Frates, Patrick Gilfeather, Lester Goodwin, Rex Hibbs, Malcolm
Holtz, Herbert, Huennekens, Paul Kropp, Harold McGrath, Joseph Monaghan,
Richard Nutting, Irving Nyquist, Stuart Olson, Robert Patterson, Carl Peters,
Arnold Rieder, Edward Swanz, and Thomas Tobin)
1987
22 / 8
Sponsor list
1987 March 13
22 / 9
Subject Index to bills
1987 February 26, April 28