Report: LAW0330L Feb. 21, 2007 at 07:27 PM 2007 MONTANA LEGISLATURE - (406)444-3064 60th Regular Session DAILY SUMMARY OF FLOOR ACTIONS REPORT - Senate Floor Actions for: 02/21/2007 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Coding Key F -- Fiscal Note Indica A -- Appropriatio R -- Revenu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Bill Passed (S) Agriculture, Livestock And Irrigati SB 479 F R Elliott, J Content criteria for labeling products containing Montana huckleberries (S) Business, Labor, And Economic Affai SB 475 F R Larson, L Require licensure for scaffold erectors (S) Finance And Claims SB 113 F Lewis, D Increase meal reimbursement rates for state employees (S) Fish And Game SJ 18 Pease, G Urge Congress to allocate federal excise taxes to tribes (S) Highways And Transportation SJ 22 Cocchiarella, V Urge Congress to lift restriction on vehicle length (S) Judiciary SB 411 Laible, R Expand order of protection to victims of assault SB 424 Moss, L Revised uniform management of institutional funds (S) Public Health, Welfare And Safety SJ 7 Lind, G Study requiring background checks for direct care workers (S) Taxation SB 507 F Story, B Revise park district election laws OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended (S) Business, Labor, And Economic Affai SB 352 Perry, G Exempt 3rd class cities from firefighter age restrictions SB 465 F Cocchiarella, V Exempt state fund from ITSD requirements SB 524 F Wanzenried, D Revise brewery regulation and beer distribution laws (S) Highways And Transportation SB 463 F Kitzenberg, S Revise 4-lane construction on Highway 2 (S) Judiciary OB # 2 -Reports of Standing Committees Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended (S) Judiciary SB 192 F R Essmann, J Invasion of privacy crime SB 383 Laslovich, J Revise property laws SB 536 Perry, G Revise eminent domain laws (S) Local Government SB 349 Ryan, D Conservation district representation on certain city planning boards (S) Taxation SB 439 F R Elliott, J Nonresident withholding for natural resource royalty payments SB 529 Essmann, J Constitutionally restrict property taxes OB # 6 -Motions Rereferred to Committee (S) Finance And Claims SB 64 F Cobb, J Increase membership in state group health insurance OB # 7 -First Reading and Commitment of Bills First Reading SB 548 Perry, G Report of canvass is election record for certified rosters of legislators OB # 7 -First Reading and Commitment of Bills Introduced SB 548 Perry, G Report of canvass is election record for certified rosters of legislators OB # 7 -First Reading and Commitment of Bills Referred to Committee (S) Judiciary SB 548 Perry, G Report of canvass is election record for certified rosters of legislators 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 SB 127 Vote: 50-0 Wanzenried, D Revise out-of-state winery access to Montana retailers OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Passed SB 55 F Vote: 27-23 Ryan, D Revise use of mineral royalties purchased with coal tax loan SB 64 F Vote: 29-21 Cobb, J Increase membership in state group health insurance SB 155 Vote: 40-10 Williams, C Older Montanan's trust law OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Passed as Amended on Voice Vote SB 127 Vote: 49-1 Wanzenried, D Revise out-of-state winery access to Montana retailers Sen. McGee voting NO OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Passed on Voice Vote SB 63 F Vote: 49-1 Cobb, J Increase payment to quasi-judicial board members Sen. Balyeat voting NO SB 68 Vote: 47-3 Wanzenried, D Clarify confidentiality terms in private equity investments using public funds Sen. Elliott, Sen. M Tropila, and Sen. Weinberg voting NO SB 79 F Vote: 49-1 Laible, R Change manner of funding long-range building program Sen. McGee voting NO SB 112 F Vote: 50-0 Lewis, D Certain free hunting/fishing privileges for resident purple heart recipients SB 114 Vote: 50-0 Larson, L Revise construction lien laws SB 243 F R Vote: 50-0 Balyeat, J Revise military special hunting and fishing license SB 246 Vote: 50-0 Gallus, S Include ambulance services under medical providers able to establish lien OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills Resolution Adopted SR 3 Vote: 49-1 Squires, C Confirm commissioner of political practices SR 5 Vote: 28-22 Squires, C Confirm Brenda Schye for Board of Nursing OB # 9 -Third Reading of Bills 3rd Reading Passed SB 19 F Vote: 42-8 Shockley, J Revise laws governing oil and gas developers and surface owners SB 22 F Vote: 31-19 Weinberg, D Allow expansion of CHIP eligibility up to 175% of federal poverty level SB 31 Vote: 50-0 Esp, J Caretaker relative and continuing custody affidavit SB 103 Vote: 45-5 Lind, G Revise local government fire protection laws SB 142 F Vote: 50-0 Lind, G Revise public health emergency authority SB 218 F Vote: 38-12 Lind, G Sequestration standards for carbon dioxide SB 254 F R Vote: 27-23 Wanzenried, D Require collective bargaining neutrality agreement in state services contracts SB 264 Vote: 28-22 Kaufmann, C Low-income rates for local government utilities SB 317 F Vote: 47-3 Lewis, D Restrict land trust merger of title SB 321 F R Vote: 39-11 Brueggeman, J Authorize business and industrial development corporations SB 347 F Vote: 46-4 Shockley, J Conservation easement enforcement SB 387 Vote: 48-2 Squires, C Cancer screening disclosure for insurance companies SB 397 Vote: 50-0 Gillan, K Revise dispensing of drugs at employer based clinics SB 418 F Vote: 44-6 Weinberg, D Revise distribution of lodging facility use taxes SB 440 F Vote: 50-0 Tropila, J Revise membership of workforce investment boards--add military veteran SB 442 F Vote: 50-0 Kaufmann, C Revise environmental laws for abandoned mines reclamation SB 443 F Vote: 46-4 Squires, C Revise mailing requirement for address confirmation forms for absentee ballots SB 453 F Vote: 42-8 Essmann, J Require licensing boards to provide public information re disciplinary actions SJ 19 Vote: 47-3 Gillan, K Develop health information technology