Report: LAW0330L Mar. 23, 2005 at 09:59 PM 2005 MONTANA LEGISLATURE - (406)444-3064 59th Regular Session DAILY SUMMARY OF FLOOR ACTIONS REPORT - Senate Floor Actions for: 03/23/2005 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Coding Key F -- Fiscal Note Indica A -- Appropriatio R -- Revenu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Adverse Committee Report Adopted (S) State Administration SR 12 Vote: 26-21 Squires, C Confirm Burl French as a member of the State Electrical Board OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Bill Concurred (S) Business, Labor, And Economic Affai HB 18 F A Juneau, C Extend duration of state-tribal economic development commission Senator Smith HB 257 Branae, G Revise permissible term for personal service contracts Senator Grimes HB 270 F Lindeen, M Revise primary sector business workforce training program Senator Roush HB 271 A Lindeen, M Workforce training supplemental appropriation Senator Roush HB 559 Lake, B Letter of credit as security for public contracts Senator Tash (S) Education And Cultural Resources HB 681 Raser, H Revise laws on school district consolidation and annexation Senator Ryan (S) Fish And Game HB 34 F R Mcnutt, W Revise nonresident turkey tag laws Senator Bales (S) Local Government HB 212 Sesso, J Energy performance contracting for public buildings OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Bill Concurred (S) Local Government Senator Hawks HB 507 F Jones, L Allow more compensation for clerk & recorder who is an election administrator Senator Wheat HB 636 F Stahl, W Revise the bid threshold for municipal government contracting and bidding Senator Gebhardt HB 743 Harris, C Clarify authority for local government to enter into certain contracts Senator Laible (S) Public Health, Welfare And Safety HB 581 F Gutsche, G Revise air quality laws Senator Moss OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended (S) Business, Labor, And Economic Affai HB 159 F R Mckenney, J Revise unemployment insurance laws Senator Tropila HB 179 Lake, B Revise 1-stop licensing program & clarify initial requirement for business name Senator Grimes (S) Fish And Game HB 668 F Noonan, A Exceptions and exemptions to prohibitions on exotic wildlife, testing facilities Senator Ryan (S) Judiciary HB 331 F Wanzenried, D Joint underwriting association for medical malpractice insurance Senator Wheat HB 385 F Wells, J Revise law on driver license eligibility Senator Cromley OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended (S) Judiciary HB 476 F R Mcalpin, D Increase marriage lic. fees for funding dom. & sex. violence victims' services Senator Ellingson HB 721 F R Parker, J Montana Drug Offender Accountability and Treatment Act Senator Laslovich (S) Local Government HB 142 F Ripley, R Permit issuance of grant or revenue anticipation notes for water, sewer projects Senator Mangan HB 220 F Lake, B Authorize electronic fund transfers between state and local governments Senator Laible HB 230 Jacobson, H Revise laws governing municipal subdivisions Senator Laible (S) Natural Resources HB 453 F R Furey, K Administrative penalties for certain environmental law violations Senator Williams OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Bill Passed (S) Finance And Claims SB 224 Laslovich, J Allow off-site educational services (S) State Administration SR 4 Squires, C Confirmation for medical occupations SR 6 Squires, C Confirmation of natural resource and recreation positions SR 7 Squires, C Confirmation of education and cultural appointees SR 8 Squires, C Confirmation of general government and judicial appointees SR 9 Squires, C Confirm Ms. Kala French as a member of the Board of Regents of Higher Education SR 10 Squires, C Confirm Mike Foster as member of Board of Regents of Higher OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Bill Passed (S) State Administration Education SR 11 Squires, C Confirm Roberta Threet as a member of the Board of Nursing SR 14 Squires, C Confirm Doctor Wynia OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended (S) Finance And Claims SB 319 F R Ellingson, J Public financing for supreme court candidates SB 358 F Keenan, B Allow implementation of long-term care insurance partnerships SB 428 F Stapleton, C 211 - disaster, emergency, safety, health, human service referral phone service (S) Highways And Transportation SB 507 F R Brueggeman, J Revise motor vehicle laws (S) Public Health, Welfare And Safety SJ 30 Weinberg, D Urge maintaining integrity of Medicaid program (S) State Administration SR 5 Squires, C Confirmation of other occupations SR 13 Squires, C Confirm Gov. Schweitzer's department directors and NW Power Planning nominees (S) Taxation SB 511 F R Mangan, J Exclude stock capital gains from qualified start-up corporations OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Resolution Not Adopted (S) State Administration SR 12 Squires, C Confirm Burl French as a member of the State Electrical Board OB # 6 -Motions Segregated from Committee of the Whole Report HB 236 F Vote: 50-0 Jackson, V Make Clark Fork river basin task force permanent OB # 6 -Motions Taken from 2nd Reading; Rereferred to Committee (S) Finance And Claims HB 18 F A Vote: 50-0 Juneau, C Extend duration of state-tribal economic development commission OB # 7 -First Reading and Commitment of Bills First Reading SB 521 F R Elliott, J Alternative minimum corporate license tax SB 522 F R Elliott, J Remove incentives from oil and gas production taxes SJ 32 Elliott, J Urge rejection of expansion of physical nexus for corporate income taxes OB # 7 -First Reading and Commitment of Bills Introduced SB 521 F R Elliott, J Alternative minimum corporate license tax SB 522 F R Elliott, J Remove incentives from oil and gas production taxes SJ 32 Elliott, J Urge rejection of expansion of physical nexus for corporate income taxes OB # 7 -First Reading and Commitment of Bills Referred to Committee (S) Taxation SB 521 F R Elliott, J Alternative minimum corporate license tax SB 522 F R Elliott, J Remove incentives from oil and gas production taxes SJ 32 Elliott, J Urge rejection of expansion of physical nexus for corporate income taxes Referred to Committee (S) Education And Cultural Resources HB 522 A Jones, W Study design of state dental program (S) Highways And Transportation HB 765 F R Maedje, R Permits for rock removal on highway right-of-way on federal land OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Concurred HB 236 F Vote: 30-18 Jackson, V Make Clark Fork river basin task force permanent HB 574 Vote: 38-10 Branae, G Revise level of voter approval for school bond elections HB 581 F Vote: 23-20 Gutsche, G Revise air quality laws OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended on Voice Vote HB 236 F Vote: 48-2 Jackson, V Make Clark Fork river basin task force permanent Senators Ellingson, Smith and Lind Dissenting OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Concurred on Voice Vote HB 16 F Vote: 50-0 Ripley, R Funding for certain nonbeneficiary students HB 18 F A Vote: 50-0 Juneau, C Extend duration of state-tribal economic development commission HB 34 F R Vote: 49-1 Mcnutt, W Revise nonresident turkey tag laws Senator McGee Dissenting HB 49 Vote: 50-0 Wilson, B Revise registration requirements for sexual and violent offenders HB 212 Vote: 50-0 Sesso, J Energy performance contracting for public buildings HB 257 Vote: 50-0 Branae, G Revise permissible term for personal service contracts HB 270 F Vote: 47-3 Lindeen, M Revise primary sector business workforce training program Senators Esp, O'Neill, Balyeat Dissenting HB 271 A Vote: 46-4 Lindeen, M Workforce training supplemental appropriation Senators McGee, Balyeat, O'Neill, and Bales Dissenting HB 307 F R Vote: 50-0 Parker, J Money laundering as a criminal offense HB 349 Vote: 50-0 Olson, A Revise responsibility of law enforcement officers for intoxicated persons HB 507 F Vote: 50-0 Jones, L Allow more compensation for clerk & recorder who is an election administrator OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Concurred on Voice Vote HB 555 F Vote: 49-1 Caferro, M Create parents as scholars program Senator O'Neill Dissenting HB 559 Vote: 50-0 Lake, B Letter of credit as security for public contracts HB 615 F Vote: 47-3 Harris, C Create environmental violations unit in department of justice Senators Stapleton, Curtiss, and Bales Dissenting HB 636 F Vote: 47-3 Stahl, W Revise the bid threshold for municipal government contracting and bidding Senators Esp, Black and Ryan Dissenting HB 652 Vote: 50-0 Cohenour, J Allow school buses to cross district boundaries in certain cases HB 696 Vote: 49-1 Jayne, J Clarify ethnic, cultural, and religious maintenance in child removal from home Senator O'Neill Dissenting HB 743 Vote: 50-0 Harris, C Clarify authority for local government to enter into certain contracts OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred on Voice Vote SB 105 Vote: 50-0 Cobb, J Expand health care providers available at ringside SB 317 F Vote: 50-0 Lind, G Regulate conversion of health insurer from nonprofit to for- profit status SB 326 Vote: 49-1 Laslovich, J Revise law on excavation near underground utility facility Senator Kitzenberg Dissenting OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed SB 238 F Vote: 42-5 Wheat, M Create insurance consumer protection fund OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried on Voice Vote OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried on Voice Vote HB 236 F Vote: 49-1 Jackson, V Make Clark Fork river basin task force permanent Senator Lind Dissenting SB 219 F R Vote: 50-0 Brueggeman, J Income tax credit related to repayment of certain student loans OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Pass Motion Failed SB 238 F Vote: 15-32 Wheat, M Create insurance consumer protection fund OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Passed SB 276 F R Vote: 41-5 Bales, K Revise taxes on bentonite SJ 29 Vote: 44-1 Laslovich, J Designate miner's day OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Passed as Amended SB 219 F R Vote: 36-11 Brueggeman, J Income tax credit related to repayment of certain student loans OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Passed on Voice Vote SB 249 F Vote: 50-0 Cobb, J Require coordination for addiction treatment between Corrections and DPHHS SB 287 F R Vote: 50-0 Schmidt, T Regulate sale of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine; meth watch program SB 303 F R Vote: 49-1 Ellingson, J Full deductibility of medical expenses Senator Cobb Dissenting SB 323 F R Vote: 50-0 Black, J Carryforward of contractor's gross receipts tax -- corporate income SB 406 F R Vote: 45-5 Shockley, J Fund civil legal assistance for indigent victims of domestic violence Senators Lind, Cobb, O'Neill, Balyeat, and Perry Dissenting OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Passed on Voice Vote SB 491 F Vote: 49-1 Gallus, S Revise benefits and definitions in firefighters' unified retirement system Senator Balyeat Dissenting SB 504 F R Vote: 45-5 Laible, R Specify the use of annual attorney license tax Senators Hawks, Larson, Wheat, Ellingson, and Cooney Dissenting OB # 9 -Third Reading of Bills 3rd Reading Concurred HB 206 Vote: 46-2 Noonan, A Revise controlled groundwater areas HB 363 F R Vote: 48-0 Eaton, E Revise misdemeanor assault with bodily fluid HB 420 Vote: 47-1 Wagman, P Give reason for denying extended family member custody of abused child HB 425 F R Vote: 43-5 Parker, J Transfer consumer protection functions from D of Admin to Department of Justice HB 457 F Vote: 48-0 Noennig, M Revise law governing radiologic technologists HB 473 Vote: 47-1 Parker, J Extend fire season restrictions HB 520 Vote: 37-13 Furey, K Exemption from minor in possession when reporting a sexual related offense HB 726 F Vote: 48-0 Gutsche, G Revise law on community corrections to allow day reporting HB 737 Vote: 32-18 Mcnutt, W Revise laws governing physician assistants HB 738 F Vote: 46-2 Kaufmann, C Advisory commission on provider rates and services HJ 30 Vote: 45-3 Roberts, D Study FWP licenses, permits, and landowner incentives OB # 9 -Third Reading of Bills 3rd Reading Passed SB 66 F R Vote: 38-10 Kitzenberg, S Investment tax credit SB 146 F Vote: 48-0 Mcgee, D Statewide public defender system SB 224 Vote: 43-3 Laslovich, J Allow off-site educational services SJ 5 Vote: 40-8 Schmidt, T Resolution to study truancy in public schools