Montana Historical Society Archives
LR 54
Montana. Legislature.
Montana Legislature (54th: 1995) records
1995
27 linear feet of shelf space
Collection contains records (1995) of the 54th Montana
Legislature including minutes of Joint, Conference, and Free Conference committees; House
and Senate standing committees; bills and resolutions; journal and status reports; and
miscellany. [Photographs separated to Photograph Archives. OVERSIZE MATERIAL: oversize box
#4, map case, and multimedia collection 10]
53:4-1
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 54th Montana Legislature met from January 2nd to April 13th, 1995. The leaders of the Senate were Bob Brown (R-President), Gary Aklestad (R-President Pro Tempore), John Harp (R-Majority Leader), and Mike Halligan (D-Minority Leader). The leaders of the House were John Mercer (R-Speaker), Marian Hanson (R-Speaker Pro Tempore), Larry Grinde (R-Majority Leader), and Ray Peck (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 minutes of Joint, Conference, and Free Conference committees; House and
Senate standing committees; bills and resolutions; and journal and status reports. The
collection also contains miscellany material including a subject index, a Memorial Service
program, and a sponsor list report.
The collection is organized into these four series, House and Senate Joint Committees, House of Representatives, Senate, and Miscellany.
The series House and Senate Joint Committees is organized into these five subseries, Joint Subcommittee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), Joint Select Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), 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 these eight subseries, House Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), House Select 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), House Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), House Memorial Resolutions (arranged chronologically), House Status Reports (arranged chronologically), and House Journals (arranged chronologically).
The series Senate is organized into these seven subseries, Senate Standing 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), Senate Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Memorial Resolutions (arranged chronologically), Senate Status Reports (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 (54th: 1995) records, 1995. Legislative
Records 54. [box and folder number]. Montana Historical Society Research Center. Archives.
Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
Connie Geiger processed the collection in 1996.
Photographs separated to Photograph Archives. OVERSIZE MATERIAL: oversize box #4, map case,
and multimedia collection
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
1 / 1-17
Appropriations: Education and Cultural Resources [Folder 1 includes index]
1995 January 3 - February 2
1 / 18
Appropriations: Education and Cultural Resources,
with Joint Subcommittee on Natural Resources
1995 February 3
1 / 19-20
Appropriations: Education and Cultural Resources
1995 February 6-17
1 / 21
Appropriations: General Government and
Transportation [includes index]
1995 January 4
1 / 22-36
Appropriations: General Government and
Transportation [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: from January 23 and February 9, see oversize
box #4]
1995 January 5 - February 10
2 / 1-3
Appropriations: General Government and
Transportation
1995 February 13-17
2 / 4-14
Appropriations: Human Services and Aging [folder
4 includes index]
1995 January 3-19
2 / 15
Appropriations: Human Services and Aging, with
Joint Subcommittee on Institutions and Cultural Education
1995 January 20
2 / 16
Appropriations: Human Services and Aging
1995 January 23
2 / 17-21
Appropriations: Human Services and Aging, with
Joint Subcommittee on Institutions and Cultural Education
1995 January 23-27
2 / 22
Appropriations: Human Services and Aging, with
Joint Subcommittee on Institutions and Cultural Education, and with House
Committee on Judiciary
1995 January 27
2 / 23-31
Appropriations: Human Services and Aging
1995 January 30 - February 10
3 / 1-5
Appropriations: Human Services and Aging
1995 February 13-17
3 / 6
Appropriations: Human Services and Aging
[OVERSIZE MATERIAL: from April 6, see oversize box #4]
1995 April 4-6
3 / 7
Appropriations: Human Services and Aging, with
Joint Subcommittee on Institutions and Cultural Education
1995 April 7
3 / 8-17
Appropriations: Institutions and Cultural
Education [folder 8 includes index]
1995 January 4-19
[see also Joint Subcommittee on Human Services
and Aging, January 20-27, and April 7]
3 / 18-22
Appropriations: Institutions and Cultural
Education
1995 January 30 - February 14
3 / 23-30
Appropriations: Long-Range Planning [folder 23
includes index]
1995 January 4-16
3 / 31-40
Appropriations: Long-Range Planning [OVERSIZE
MATERIAL: from January 17-27 see oversize box #4]
1995 January 17-31
4 / 1-14
Appropriations: Long-Range Planning
1995 February 1-17
4 / 15
Appropriations: Long-Range Planning
1995 April 10
4 / 16-33
Appropriations: Natural Resources [folder 16
includes index]
1995 January 4 - February 2
[see also Joint Subcommittee on Education,
February 3]
4 / 34-37
Appropriations: Natural Resources
1995 February 3-8
5 / 1-4
Appropriations: Natural Resources
1995 February 9-17
Joint Committee Minutes
5 / 5-10
Ethics
1995 March 7-22
5 / 11
Rules
1995 January 5
Joint Select Committee Minutes
5 / 12-17
Health Care
1995 March 6-16
Conference Committee Minutes
5 / 18
HB 24 (re procedures for appointments to interim
joint subcommittees)
1995 April 10
5 / 19
HB 24 (Senate amendments)
1995 April 10
5 / 20
HB 308 (re county water and sewer districts)
1995
5 / 21
HB 358 (re protest requirements for zoning
adoption)
1995 April 7
5 / 22
HB 491 (re clarifying the position of county
sheriff)
1995 April 8
5 / 23
HB 602 (re business loans to local government)
1995 April 5
5 / 24
SB 38 (re establishing the job investment act)
1995 March 22
5 / 25
SB 56 (re extension time for filing state income tax return)
1995 April 7(?)
5 / 26
SB 113 (re jail sentences for conviction of driving without liability insurance)
1995 April 11
5 / 27
SB 132 (re revising laws concerning estates and trusts)
1995 April 12
5 / 28
SB 148 (re initiative petitions for constitutional amendments)
1995 April 10
5 / 29
SB 181 (re outdoor advertising limitations and permit fees)
1995 April 4
5 / 30
SB 198 (re valuation of irrigated agricultural land)
1995 April 10
5 / 31
SB 201 (re drug or alcohol testing of employees)
1995 April 4
5 / 32
SB 223 (re managed care mental health services under Medicaid)
1995 April 7
5 / 33
SB 259 (re use of an atlatl in deer hunting)
1995 April 4
5 / 34
SB 333 (re driver's license restrictions on person's convicted of driving under the influence (D.U.I.))
1995 April 11
5 / 35
SB 345 (re the Governor's task force to renew Montana state government)
1995 April 7
5 / 36
SB 346 (re modification of water quality standards)
1995 April 7
5 / 37
SB 352 (re measures to restrict contact between wild buffalo or bison, and livestock)
1995 April 7
5 / 38
SB 361 (re transferring the highway traffic safety program, and expanding arrest authority for traffic offenses)
1995 April 6
5 / 39
SB 362 (re exemptions from ground water discharge permit requirements)
1995 April 7
5 / 40
SB 386 (re changes in underground storage tank restrictions)
1995 April 10
5 / 41
SB 398 (re changes in the committees and duties of the legislative branch)
1995 April 9
5 / 42
SJR 8 (re an annual recognition day honoring American Indian women)
1995 April 8
5 / 43
SJR 13 (re the development and implementation of a school-to-work education and training system)
1995 April 8
Free Conference Committee Minutes
5 / 44-45
HB 2 (re appropriations for state agencies)
1995 April 6-12
5 / 46
HB 5 (re appropriations for capital projects)
1995 April 11
5 / 47
HB 6 (re appropriations to Department of Natural Resources and Conservation for Renewable Resource Grant Program)
1995 April 12
5 / 48
HB 9 (re appropriations for Cultural and Aesthetic grants)
1995 April 12
5 / 49
HB 15 (re issuance of general obligation bonds)
1995 April 12
5 / 50
HB 68 (re revising industrial safety laws)
1995 April 7
5 / 51
HB 157 (re sentencing and regulation of sex offenders)
1995 April 7
5 / 52
HB 268 (re changes in public employee retirement systems)
1995 April 12
5 / 53
HB 412 (re voluntary disclosures and self-evaluations by violators of environmental laws)
1995 April 11
5 / 54
HB 446 (re prohibitions on the exclusion of certain pre-existing conditions from health benefit plans)
1995 April 6
5 / 55
HB 497 (re property taxes)
1995 April 12
5 / 56
HB 528 (re appropriations to Department of Transportation for reconstruction of Montana highway 314)
1995 April 11
5 / 57
HB 537 (re restrictions on establishments with video gaming machines)
1995 April 6
5 / 58
HB 547 (re prohibitions on the purchase or possession of firearms by criminals)
1995 April 7
5 / 59
SB 38 (re establishing the job investment act)
1995 April 10, 12
5 / 60
SB 83 (re revising dedicated revenue and statutory appropriations laws)
1995 April 6
5 / 61
SB 136 (re revision of ethics laws pertaining to legislators, public officers, and public employees)
1995 April 11
5 / 62
SB 163 (re issuance of license plates for veterans, disabled persons, and radio operators)
1995 March 30
5 / 63
SB 206 (re revising laws concerning the investigation and removal of a child from the home in cases of suspected abuse or endangerment)
1995 April 10
5 / 64
SB 223 (re managed care mental health services under Medicaid)
1995 April 12
5 / 65
SB 257 (re revising the rail car tax)
1995 April 12
5 / 66
SB 362 (re exemptions from ground water discharge
permit requirements)
1995 April 10
5 / 67
SB 382 (re revising laws re natural resources and
the environment)
1995 April 12
5 / 68
SB 395 (re allowable nursing practices in advance
of application to national certification examination)
1995 April 12
House of Representatives
House Standing Committee Minutes
5 / 69-76
Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation [folder 69
includes bill index]
1995 January 3 - February 14
6 / 1-8
Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation [folder 7
includes Subcommittee minutes from March 20-21]
1995 February 16 - March 23
6 / 9
Appropriations [includes bill index and subject
index]
1995 January 3
6 / 10-34
Appropriations [OVERSIZE MATERIAL from February
10, March 9, and March 20 see oversize box #4]
1995 January 12 - March 20
7 / 1-4
Appropriations
1995 March 21 - April 4
7 / 5-38
Business and Labor [folder 5 includes bill index]
1995 January 3 - March 21
8 / 1-22
Education and Cultural Resources [folder 1 includes bill index]
1995 January 4 - April 3
8 / 23
Fish and Game [folder 23 includes bill index]
1995 January 5
8 / 24-42
Fish and Game [folders 36 and 38 include Subcommittee minutes from March 4, 6, 8-9]
1995 January 12 - March 30
9 / 1-17
Highways and Transportation [folder 1 includes bill index]
1995 January 6 - March 20
9 / 18-40
Human Services and Aging [folder 18 includes bill index]
1995 January 4 - April 5
9 / 41-44
Judiciary [folder 41 includes bill index]
1995 January 2-9
10 / 1-11
Judiciary
1995 January 10-27
[see also Joint Subcommittee on Human Services and Aging, January 27, 1995]
10 / 12-38
Judiciary [folders 12, 19, and 25 include
Subcommittee minutes from January 30, February 4, 7-8, and 14]
1995 January 30 - March 9
11 / 1-8
Judiciary
1995
11 / 9-16
Local Government [folder 9 includes bill index]
1995 January 3 - February 7
11 / 17-24
Local Government [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: from February 9 and March 14, see oversize box #4]
1995 February 9 - March 23
11 / 25-35
Natural Resources [folder 25 includes bill index]
1995 January 4 - February 8
11 / 36-45
Natural Resources [MULTIMEDIA: from February 10, see MM 10]
1995 February 10 - March 13
12 / 1-6
Natural Resources
1995 March 15 - April 5
12 / 7-43
State Administration [folder 7 includes bill index]
1995 January 2 - April 11
12 / 44-49
State and Federal Relations
1995 January 19 - March 23
13 / 1-39
Taxation [folder 1 includes bill index]
1995 January 2 - April 6
House Select Committee Minutes
14 / 1-20
Health Care [folder 1 includes bill index]
1995 January 3 - March 2
House Bills
14 / 21-23
Bill nos. 1-10
1995
15 / 1-19
Bill nos. 11-380
1995
16 / 1-17
Bill nos. 381-607
1995
House Joint Resolutions
16 / 18
Bill nos. 1-30
1995
House Resolutions
16 / 19
Bill nos. 1-2
1995
House Memorial Resolutions
16 / 20
Resolutions commemorating the lives and
accomplishments of legislators who passed away between 1992 and 1995
1995
House Status Reports
17 / 1-5
1st-85th Legislative days
1995 January 2 - April 13
17 / 6
Cumulative bill status report
1995 April 17
House Journals
17 / 7-13
1st-85th Legislative days
1995 January 2 - April 13
Senate
Senate Standing Committee Minutes
17 / 14-19
Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation [folder 14 includes bill index]
1995 January 6 - February 1
18 / 1-12
Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation [folders 2, 4 and 6 include Subcommittee minutes from February 6-9, and 13]
1995 February 3 - March 27
18 / 13-39
Business and Industry [folder 13 includes bill index]
1995 January 10- March 22
19 / 1-2
Business and Industry [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: from March 30, see map case]
1995 March 27-30
19 / 3-19
Education [folder 3 includes bill index]
1995 January 9 - March 27
19 / 20-37
Finance and Claims [folder 20 includes bill index]
1995 January 9 - March 30
19 / 38-40
Finance and Claims [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: from April 3, see oversize box #4]
1995 April 3-5
20 / 1-11
Fish and Game [folder 1 includes bill index]
1995 January 5 - March 27
20 / 12-28
Highways and Transportation [folder 12 includes bill index]
1995 January 10 - March 22
20 / 29-44
Judiciary [folder 29 includes bill index]
1995 January 4 - February 3
21 / 1-32
Judiciary [folders 1, 9, 12, 13, 15, and 22 include Subcommittee minutes from February 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, and 14, and March 4]
1995 February 4 - March 17
22 / 1-7
Judiciary
1995 March 20 - April 6
22 / 8-23
Labor and Employment Relations [folder 8 includes bill index]
1995 January 3 - March 16
22 / 24
Legislative Administration
1995 January 3
22 / 25-42
Local Government [folder 25 includes bill index]
1995 January 5 - April 6
22 / 43-46
Natural Resources [folder 43 includes bill index and list of executive actions]
1995 January 4-25
23 / 1-20
Natural Resources
1995 January 27- March 28
23 / 21-38
Public Health, Welfare, and Safety [folder 21 includes bill index]
1995 January 6 - March 10
24 / 1-3
Public Health, Welfare, and Safety
1995 March 13-24
24 / 4
Rules [see also Joint Committee on Rules, January 5]
1995 January 5; February 13; and April 4
24 / 5-27
State Administration [folder 5 includes bill
index]
1995 January 4 - April 11
24 / 28-44
Taxation [folder 28 includes bill index]
1995 January 4 - March 16
25 / 1-7
Taxation
1995 March 17 - April 7
Senate Bills
25 / 8-27
Bill nos. 1-234
1995
26 / 1-16
Bill nos. 235-425
1995
Senate Joint Resolutions
26 / 17
Bill nos. 1-25
1995
Senate Resolutions
26 / 18
Bill nos. 1-6
1995
Senate Memorial Resolutions
26 / 19
Resolutions commemorating the lives and accomplishments of Legislators who passed away between 1993 and 1995
1995
Senate Status Reports
26 / 20
1st-24th Legislative days
1995 January 2-28
27 / 1-3
25th-85th Legislative days
1995 January 30 - April 13
27 / 4
Cumulative bill status report
1995
Senate Journals
27 / 5-7
1st-59th Legislative days
1995 January 2 - March 14
28 / 1-2
60th-85th Legislative days
1995 March 15 - April 13
Miscellany
28 / 3
Subject index for Regular Session
1995
28 / 4
Memorial Service program
1995 April 2
28 / 5
Sponsor list report
1995 April 3