Report: LAW0330L Mar. 29, 2005 at 05:00 PM 2005 MONTANA LEGISLATURE - (406)444-3064 59th Regular Session DAILY SUMMARY OF FLOOR ACTIONS REPORT - Senate Floor Actions for: 03/29/2005 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Coding Key F -- Fiscal Note Indica A -- Appropriatio R -- Revenu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Bill Concurred (S) Highways And Transportation HB 688 F Franklin, E Name Highway 3 from Great Falls to US Highway 89 at Armington for Patrick Galvin Senator Tropila OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended (S) Finance And Claims HB 63 Villa, D School finance revision Senator Ryan OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended (S) Taxation SB 513 F R Elliott, J Assure the accurate determination and collection of Montana taxes OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Sent to Enrolling SB 152 F Ryan, D Define basic system of free quality schools OB # 6 -Motions Motion Failed HJ 9 Vote: 24-24 Barrett, D Study wilderness set asides Blast Motion Failed OB # 6 -Motions Rereferred to Committee (S) Finance And Claims HB 181 F A Musgrove, J Increasing funding and adjusting benefits in TRS OB # 6 -Motions Taken from 2nd Reading; Rereferred to Committee (S) Finance And Claims HB 476 F R Vote: 50-0 Mcalpin, D Increase marriage lic. fees for funding dom. & sex. violence victims' services OB # 7 -First Reading and Commitment of Bills Referred to Committee (S) Agriculture, Livestock And Irrigati HB 440 Wiseman, B Require locks on anhydrous ammonia storage tanks HB 482 F Lindeen, M Revise allocation of funds to coal tax shared account (S) Business, Labor, And Economic Affai HB 140 F Parker, J Revise laws on consumer credit counseling HB 484 F R Jones, L Mobile meat processor licensing and inspection HB 687 F Mendenhall, S Revise laws governing tobacco HB 772 F A Facey, T Pay travel expenses for catastrophically injured workers (S) Education And Cultural Resources HB 435 F Branae, G Establish Governor's Postsecondary Scholarship Program HB 438 F Buzzas, R Braille literacy services for blind or visually impaired children (S) Finance And Claims HB 4 A Musgrove, J Appropriations normally made by budget amendment HB 5 A Wells, J Long-range building appropriations HB 6 A Witt, J Renewable resource grants HB 7 F A Callahan, T Reclamation and development grants HB 8 F A Witt, J Renewable resource bonds and loans HB 9 F A Witt, J Cultural and aesthetic grant appropriations HB 11 F A Mcnutt, W Treasure state endowment appropriation OB # 7 -First Reading and Commitment of Bills Referred to Committee (S) Finance And Claims HB 12 F A Sesso, J General obligation bonds for energy conservation program HB 35 F A R Jent, L Highway patrol officer salaries and retention HB 76 F A Buzzas, R Establish rainy day fund HB 148 F Lambert, C Provide actuarial funding for retirement systems HB 249 F A Lindeen, M Economic development trust fund HB 277 A Maedje, R Fund water loss mitigation for bull trout recovery in Glen Lake irrigation dist HB 299 A Wells, J Long-range building program bonds HB 379 F Windy Boy, J Fund Zortman-Landusky mine reclamation HB 531 A Franklin, E Fund McLaughlin research institute expansion HB 540 F A Dickenson, S Bonding for higher education and other state projects HB 745 A Matthews, G Supplemental appropriations HB 748 A Wells, J General obligation bonds for water resource projects HB 796 A Callahan, T Study the correctional system (S) Fish And Game HB 173 F Heinert, R Allow use of search and rescue surcharge in fiscal year after deposit HB 235 F R Lange, M Enhance hunter management laws--PL/PW recommendations HB 423 A Stahl, W Provide grant funding for great plains dinosaur park in Malta HB 707 F Groesbeck, G Revise compensation for FWP license agents (S) Highways And Transportation HB 512 F A Witt, J Appropriate federal funds for local rail freight assistance programs HB 673 F R Butcher, E Alternative driver education program HB 757 F A Jones, L Revolving loan account for rehabilitation of railroad branch lines (S) Judiciary HB 22 F A R Mcnutt, W Funding for water adjudication HB 99 F R Lange, M Penalty for driving when license suspended or revoked for DUI or test refusal OB # 7 -First Reading and Commitment of Bills Referred to Committee (S) Judiciary HB 204 F Witt, J Revise deposit of gambling machine inspection fee HB 264 F A Windham, J Redirect restitution payments to office victim services HB 326 F Peterson, J Change penalty for 2nd & subsequent methamphetamine possession conviction HB 395 F Becker, A Revise responsibility for cost of examination and detention of mental disorder HB 643 F R Dowell, T Eliminate smoking in enclosed public places HB 695 F Jayne, J Fund representation for indigent victims of domestic violence HB 742 F A Buzzas, R Create registry for declarations concerning life-sustaining treatment HB 782 F A Mcnutt, W Require issue remarks to be resolved before issuing final decree (S) Natural Resources HB 790 F A Peterson, J Interim study on split estates and coal bed methane reclamation and bonding (S) Public Health, Welfare And Safety HB 336 F Lange, M Revise developmental disability services HB 552 F A Caferro, M Change asset test for children for medicaid HB 704 Windy Boy, J Time requirements for certain DPHHS actions involving long-term care facilities HB 740 F A Heinert, R Appropriate money for asbestos-disease related programs HB 749 A Ripley, R Revise nursing home bed tax (S) State Administration HB 288 F Noennig, M Corrections to collect supervisory fees instead of clerk of court (S) Taxation HB 89 F Witt, J Revise requirements for automated reporting system for gambling machines HB 667 F R Wanzenried, D Purchasing pools, tax credit for health insurance HB 758 F A Mcnutt, W Oil, gas, and coal natural resource account fund OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Concurred OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Concurred HB 142 F Vote: 45-0 Ripley, R Permit issuance of grant or revenue anticipation notes for water, sewer projects HB 476 F R Vote: 28-19 Mcalpin, D Increase marriage lic. fees for funding dom. & sex. violence victims' services OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended HB 453 F R Vote: 26-22 Furey, K Administrative penalties for certain environmental law violations OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended on Voice Vote HB 192 F R Vote: 48-2 Waitschies, K Revise commercial driver's license, driver's license, and cmv laws OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Concurred on Voice Vote HB 179 Vote: 50-0 Lake, B Revise 1-stop licensing program & clarify initial requirement for business name HB 220 F Vote: 49-1 Lake, B Authorize electronic fund transfers between state and local governments Senator McGee Dissenting HB 230 Vote: 50-0 Jacobson, H Revise laws governing municipal subdivisions HB 385 F Vote: 50-0 Wells, J Revise law on driver license eligibility HB 668 F Vote: 50-0 Noonan, A Exceptions and exemptions to prohibitions on exotic wildlife, testing facilities OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried on Voice Vote HB 192 F R Vote: 50-0 Waitschies, K Revise commercial driver's license, driver's license, and cmv laws HB 453 F R Vote: 50-0 Furey, K Administrative penalties for certain environmental law violations OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried on Voice Vote SB 511 F R Vote: 50-0 Mangan, J Allow deduction of stock capital gains from qualified start-up corporations OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Passed as Amended SB 511 F R Vote: 32-16 Mangan, J Allow deduction of stock capital gains from qualified start-up corporations OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Passed on Voice Vote SB 445 F Vote: 46-2 Mcgee, D Authorize tuition waiver for qualified national guard members Senators Hansen and Cobb Dissenting SB 477 Vote: 49-1 Elliott, J Per diem rate for persons in state portion of regional correctional facility Senator Cobb Dissenting SB 499 F Vote: 50-0 Keenan, B Revise public mental health system laws OB # 9 -Third Reading of Bills 3rd Reading Concurred HB 236 F Vote: 42-6 Jackson, V Make Clark Fork river basin task force permanent OB # 9 -Third Reading of Bills 3rd Reading Passed SB 110 F Vote: 48-0 Cobb, J Medicaid redesign: HIFA and 1115 demonstration waiver authority SB 133 F R Vote: 32-16 Mangan, J Capital formation act for venture capital SB 319 F R Vote: 30-20 Ellingson, J Public financing for supreme court candidates SB 358 F Vote: 47-1 Keenan, B Allow implementation of long-term care insurance partnerships SB 428 F Vote: 44-4 Stapleton, C 211 - disaster, emergency, safety, health, human service referral phone service SB 501 F R Vote: 45-3 Mcgee, D Tax credit for employers of national guard and reserve OB # 9 -Third Reading of Bills 3rd Reading Passed SB 507 F R Vote: 36-12 Brueggeman, J Revise motor vehicle laws SJ 30 Vote: 41-7 Weinberg, D Urge maintaining integrity of Medicaid program OB # 9 -Third Reading of Bills 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House SB 152 F Vote: 43-5 Ryan, D Define basic system of free quality schools