Montana Legislature	2005 Session
	LAWS System Reports

NOTE ON REPORT UPDATES: From just prior to session (approximately mid-December of even years) through just past the end of session (approximately mid-May of odd years) these reports are updated daily. Otherwise, these reports are updated on an as-need basis (when new information is available). Reports are added to this list as they become relevant. For example, the 2-week Hearing Calendar is not relevant until hearings are scheduled (usually within a day of the start of session), so will not appear on this list until that time.

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Cumulative Bill Status	Lists information about each introduced bill, including its corresponding LC (bill draft) number, primary sponsor, short title, and latest two actions on the bill. This list is sorted by bill number.
Cumulative Bill Draft Request List	Lists information about each bill draft request. This list is sorted by the bill draft request number (LC number).
Cumulative Bill Draft Request List with Links to Text and Status	(HTML Format) Lists information about each bill draft request, and includes links to detailed status information, and to the latest version of the bill draft text or bill text, if it is available. This list is sorted by the bill draft request number (LC number).
Appropriation and Revenue Bills, and Bills with Fiscal Notes Indicated	(HTML Format) Lists information about: 1) Appropriation bills, 2) Revenue bills, and 3) Bills with Fiscal Note Indicated. Links are provided to the latest version of the bill text, to detailed status information, and to fiscal note text (if a fiscal note has been prepared and printed).
Detailed Index of Introduced Bills	(Adobe PDF format). Professionally indexed by subject for all introduced Bills.
Bill Draft Requests by Requester List	Lists information about bill draft requests and is sorted by requester.
Bill Draft Requests by Subject List	Lists information about bill draft requests and is sorted by subject category.
Bill Draft Request "By Request Of" List	Lists information about those bill draft requests which have been requested on behalf of an agency, legislative committee, or public office. This list is sorted by the requesting entity.
Sections Affected Report	(HTML Format) This file contains a list of all code sections being affected by the current session. It is useful as a cross-reference of code section to bill number list.
Session Law Sections Affected	This file contains a list of session law being amended in the current session. It is also used for conflict checking.
Session Law with Effective Dates	(Adobe PDF format). Session laws are bills that have been passed by the legislature and have been assigned a chapter number by the Secretary of State. This .pdf formatted report lists each session law's chapter number, its associated bill number, and the session law's effective date(s). The session law directory contains the WordPerfect 5.1 text of each enrolled bill that has been assigned a chapter number.
Introduced Bill Statistics	(Adobe PDF format). Current statistics of all bills in all stages of the Legislative process.
Laws by Bill Number	(HTML Format) This file contains a list of bills that became law as a result of the 2005 Legislative session. The file is sorted by bill number.
Laws by Chapter Number	(HTML Format) This file contains a list of bills that became law as a result of the 2005 Legislative session. The file is sorted by chapter number.