Montana Legislature- Scales / School Elections / Immigration / Sexual Conduct Laws

Missoulian: Bill would allow log trucks to be weighed on short Montana scales 

 

House Bill 157: Allow split-weighing of commodities intransit  

Missoulian: Montana legislator proposes combining primary, school elections 

Senate Bill 140: Combine school and primary election dates 

Missoulian: Montana House backs bill to ensure cities honor federal immigration law 

 

HB 50: Prohibit immigration sanctuary policies by local governments 

Missoulian: Advocates hope for repeal of Montana anti-gay law

 

Senate Bill 107: Generally revise deviate sexual conduct laws

Marijuana DUI / Food Allergies

Missoulian: Montana legislators consider bill on marijuanalimit for driving 

 

House Bill 168: Revise DUI laws for THC

Missoulian: Food service vulnerable to food allergy lawsuits 

 

Justice Department and Lesley University Sign Agreement toEnsure Meal Plan Is Inclusive of Students with Celiac Disease and FoodAllergies 

“The Justice Department today announced an agreement with Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass., to ensure that students with celiac disease and other food allergies can fully and equally enjoy the university’s meal plan and food services in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).”

Whitebark Pine / Gun Violence

Missoulian: Montana environmental groups sue to protect whitebark pine

Whitebark pine

“Whitebark pine is a 5-needled conifer species placed in the subgenus Strobus , which also includes other 5-needled white pines. Whitebark pine is a stone pine (so-called for their stone-like seeds). Only five species of stone pines are recognized worldwide, and whitebark pine is the only stone pine that occurs in North America. Characteristics of stone pines include five pine needles per cluster, cones that stay on the tree, and wingless seeds that remain fixed to the cone and cannot be dislodged by the wind. Because whitebark pine seeds cannot be wind-disseminated, primary seed dispersal occurs almost exclusively by Clark's nutcrackers ( Nucifraga columbiana ) in the avian family Corvidae (whose members include ravens, crows, and jays). This pine is a very long-lived species with some individuals documented at over 1,000 years old.”

Missoulian: Obama's gun measures face a tough road in Congress

Now is the time to do something about gun violence 

“Most gun owners are responsible and law-abiding, and they use their guns safely. The President strongly believes that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. But to better protect our children and our communities from tragic mass shootings like those in Newtown, Aurora, Oak Creek, and Tucson, there are common-sense steps we can take right now.”

State Legislature / Gun Control

Missoulian: Bill to allow Montana bowhunters to use lighted arrows draws split

House Bill 26: Allow lighted nock on arrows while big game hunting

Missoulian: Bill would increase pot limits for live poker in Montana

House Bill 141: Revise gambling control laws

Missoulian: Effort renewed in Montana Legislature to criminalize killing a fetus

House Bill 104:

Criminalize offenses involving death to an unborn child

Missoulian: Senate committee tables bill to reduce size of Montana Legislature

Senate Bill 97:

Revise redistricting laws to reduce the number of House and Senate seats

Missoulian: Bonding bill for Missoula College, other state buildings increased 

House Bill 14: Bonding Program

Missoulian: Obama unveils $500 million gun violence package 

Presidential Memorandum -- Tracing of Firearms in Connection with Criminal Investigations 

Presidential Memorandum -- Improving Availability of Relevant Executive Branch Records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System 

Presidential Memorandum -- Engaging in Public Health Research on the Causes and Prevention of Gun Violence 

Election Registration / Sandy Aid

Missoulian: Bill to end Montana's same-day voter registration draws opposition

HB 30: Revise late registration laws

Missoulian: Sandy aid package moving toward House votes 

HR 41: To temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program.

“Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to increase from $20.725 billion to $30.425 billion the total amount of notes and obligations (federal borrowing authority) which may be issued by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with the President's approval, for the National Flood Insurance program.”

H.R.152: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013