Sex Ed/ Airport delays

Missoulian: Bullock vetoes sex-education bill 

HB 239: Define scope/boundaries of human sexuality/reproduction education K-12

Missoulian: Bill to end airport delays headed for House vote  

S.853: Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 

2010 Legislative session/ Boeing 787/ Budgets

Missoulian: 2013 session closing with several bills hanging 

HB 217: Revise campaign finance regulation of churches
HB 302: Prohibit state enforcement of any federal ban on semi-auto firearms/magazines 

HB 240: Clarify constitutional provisions and law related to board of regents/u-system  

Missoulian: FAA order formally lifts Boeing 787 grounding  

Press Release – FAA Approves Boeing 787 Battery System Design Changes

“The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today took the next step in returning the Boeing 787 to flight by approving Boeing's design for modifications to the 787 battery system. The changes are designed to address risks at the battery cell level, the battery level and the aircraft level.”

Missoulian: Budget battle: 3 plans on the table, what now?

(Here are a few of the budgets proposed in Congress)

The President’s Budget  

H.R.106 : Congressional Budget Accountability Act 

H.R.37: Business and Government Operations Improvement Act

H.R.56: To make 1 percent across-the-board rescissions innon-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionaryspending for each of the fiscal years 2013 and 2014. 

 H.R.58: To make 10 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2013 and 2014. 

H.R.57: To make 15 percent across-the-board rescissions innon-defense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2013 and 2014. 

H.R.239 : Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2013

State Budget/ Vetoed bills/ Concussion Bill/ Online Privacy

Missoulian­­­­­: Legislators, Bullock finalize state budget, spending deal

SB 410: Authorizing transfers to implement provisions of House Bill 2
HB 2: General Appropriations Act  

Missoulian­­­­­: Bullock vetoes 6 bills, including bison and voter registration legislation 

HB 396: Revise laws regarding translocation of wild buffalo/bison  

HB 162: Revise state employee health insurance program laws 

HB 30: Revise late registration laws

HB 522: Revise laws related to the Legislature and TVMT  

SB 43: Revise laws relating to reports of alleged abuse at MT Development Center  

SB 147: Generally revise subdivision review criteria laws regarding agriculture  

 SB 366: Eliminate EQC term limits 

Missoulian­­­­­: Bullock signs bipartisan concussion bill to protect student-athletes

SB 112: Establish youth concussion protection laws

Missoulian­­­­­: Online privacy is evolving. Does it matter to you?

A Status Update on the Development ofVoluntary Do-Not-Track Standards

Domestic Violence/ Illegal Labor/ Tax Cuts/ Military Spending

Missoulian: Legislators OK bill giving domestic violence victims choice for mediation 

HB 555: Revise mediation laws related to family law and domestic violence

Missoulian: Montana Senate OKs plan to restrict illegal labor 

HB 297:  Provide that employment of an unauthorized alien is unlawful 

Missoulian: Montana legislators working out tax cut bills as session nears end

HB 2: General Appropriations Act

Missoulian: Montana House approves fix for 1 pension fund, backs another

HB 454: Provide funding for PERS defined benefit plan, revise GABA

HB 377: Increase contributions and funding for TRS, revise GABA  

Missoulian: AP IMPACT: Congress slows military efforts to save

Senate Armed Services Committee report finds lack of oversight, rising U.S.costs at overseas bases 

“A Senate Armed Services Committee review of the Defense Department’s annual $10

billion overseas spending has found construction projects lacking congressional or Pentagon oversight, and allied contributions failing to keep up with rapidly rising U.S. costs.”

NAVY - Fiscal Year 2013 Draft Plan for Continuing Resolution and Sequestration 

US Army Budget Uncertainty Packet 

DoD Planning: Letters Notifying Congress Of Actions Taken Or Planned To Manage Sequester Cuts