Report: LAW0330L Mar. 01, 1999 at 5:45 PM 1999 MONTANA LEGISLATURE - (406)444-3064 56th Regular Session DAILY SUMMARY OF FLOOR ACTIONS REPORT - Senate Floor Actions for: 03/01/1999 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Coding Key: -- Fiscal Note Indicated A -- Appropriation R -- Revenue ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OB # 7 -First Reading and Commitment of Bills Referred to Committee (S) Education And Cultural Resources HJ 1 Mcculloch, L Support school funding HJ 28 Grinde, L Urge congressional action on special education (S) Fish And Game HB 478 F Golie, G Limit nonresident upland game bird licenses HB 548 Raney, B Prohibit introduction of new species in the state HB 550 F Rehbein, B Eliminate upland game bird enhancement program; specify license fee revenue use HB 633 Bitney, R Forest land management (S) Judiciary HB 54 Menahan, R Crime of throwing bodily fluids at another (S) Local Government HB 560 Hanson, M Revise definition of county road (S) Natural Resources HB 298 Fuchs, D Prohibiting requirement of cisterns under certain conditions (S) Taxation HB 108 F Swanson, E Revise taxation of class 3 and 4 property; exemption; rate reduction; valuation OB # 8 -Second Reading of Bills 2nd Reading Concurred HB 56 Vote: 46-0 Menahan, R Eliminate remuneration for services performed as legislative pay option HB 89 Vote: 46-0 Guggenheim, M Limit term of emergency response commission HB 198 F Vote: 32-14 Cobb, J Revise ability to request economic impact statement on administrative rule HB 319 Vote: 46-0 Dale, R Extend authority to create city-county boards of health OB # 99-LSD Staff Entry Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal SB 19 F Miller, K Revise boiler inspector licensure SB 35 Bohlinger, J Require lighted headlights on all operating motor vehicles SB 37 Keenan, B Require liability insurance for motorcycles SB 38 F Ellis, A Revise laws governing printing of ballots SB 41 Taylor, M Term limits for judges SB 42 Taylor, M Change supreme court justice's term of office SB 43 Taylor, M Change length of term of office for legislators SB 66 Bohlinger, J Include sexual orientation in hate crime laws SB 73 Berry, D Add mental health component to program to assist nurses SB 104 F Beck, T Adjust school funding for unusual enrollment increase of 4 percent SB 121 F Devlin, G Revise appraisal method for subdivided agricultural land SB 129 F Christiaens, C Limit stop loss or excess loss insurance to certain entities SB 145 F Mahlum, D Revise outdoor advertising penalty procedure SB 149 F Mohl, A Revise highway speed limits SB 152 Wells, J Right of parents to direct upbringing of children as a fundamental right SB 173 F Bohlinger, J Establish office of state coordinator for ethnic affairs SB 174 F Bohlinger, J Sulfur dioxide emission control plans SB 177 Stang, S Revise herd district law SB 202 Bartlett, S Clarify overtime pay for construction industry SB 204 F Keating, T Charter school enabling legislation SB 209 Christiaens, C Insurance coverage parity for mental health conditions SB 218 Miller, K Allow property owner to do electrical work on own property SB 223 F Roush, G Placing Conditions on Workers' Compensation Volume Premium Discounts SB 237 F Waterman, M Clarify employment of court reporters SB 238 F Toews, D Eliminate national guard fee waiver OB # 99-LSD Staff Entry Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal SB 248 F Keating, T Revise funding for ground water assessment SB 275 F Grimes, D Restrict telephone solicitation calls to people unwilling to receive the calls SB 300 Hertel, J Revise date school trustees assume office SB 303 Thomas, F Place hospital costs ahead of attorney fees in work comp cases SB 309 F Bohlinger, J Revise compulsory enrollment and truancy laws SB 313 Mesaros, K Uniform environmental enforcement act SB 315 F Wells, J Restrict lottery advertising SB 318 Mcnutt, W Revise dates for transition to electrical customer choice SB 324 F Miller, K Submit decrease in nonresident hunting licenses to electors SB 328 F Ellingson, J Prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation SB 332 F Ekegren, P Prohibit government competing with private sector for telecommunications service SB 343 Swysgood, C Extend prohibition on cyanide heap leach mining SB 350 Mahlum, D Revise laws governing annexation SB 354 F Mohl, A Require only one license plate on vehicles SB 357 F Stang, S Allow gambling machines on county fairgrounds during fair SB 358 F Cole, M Require disclosure of funding for nonprofit organizations SB 360 Franklin, E Prohibit unfair competition in utility merchandising and service SB 363 Eck, D Death penalty moratorium SB 373 Ellingson, J Prohibit owner of automated teller machine from imposing surcharge SB 389 F Ellingson, J Revising permanent partial, temporary total and rehabilitation benefits SB 391 Thomas, F Generally revise law governing rural electric and telephone cooperatives SB 392 F Holden, R Statewide predatory animal bounty program SB 405 F Cocchiarella, V Participation in U system health plan and PERS subject to coll bargaining OB # 99-LSD Staff Entry Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal SB 408 F Ellingson, J Continuing regulation of electricity rates SB 418 Swysgood, C Clarify road right-of-way SB 420 Mahlum, D Increase speed limit in urban district SB 425 Wilson, B Require certified payrolls for prevailing wage projects SB 431 F Cocchiarella, V Report on telecommuting employees SB 432 Thomas, F Revise occupational disease act SB 433 Eck, D Modify local authority under sanitation in subdivisions law SB 436 F Halligan, M Provide for registration of natural health consultants and practitioners SB 450 Lynch, J Revise notary public laws SB 456 Wilson, B Allow representation by certain individuals in justice's court SB 461 Glaser, B Revise eminent domain law relating to pipelines and other delivery systems SB 465 F Jergeson, G Limit underground tank owner liability under certain circumstances SB 474 Bishop, A Clarify funding allocation of habitat funds SB 475 Bishop, A Revise penalties for noncompliance with motor vehicle insurance requirements SB 479 F Franklin, E Employment protection for job-related injury SB 480 Franklin, E DPHHS to adopt bloodborne pathogens standards for public employees SB 513 Berry, D Insurance compliance self-evaluative privilege SJ 6 Doherty, S Urge support of right to form union for collective bargaining