HB 215 removes gender and racial balancing requirements in state hiring and appointments, ensuring that positions are filled based on merit and qualifications rather than diversity quotas. It reinforces equal opportunity employment without mandated DEI (Diversity,...
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House Bill 300: Generally Revise Laws Related to Discrimination in Education
HB300 prohibits biological males from participating in female athletic programs and requires educational institutions to provide sex-segregated facilities such as restrooms, locker rooms, and sleeping quarters based on biological sex. It includes exceptions for...
Senate Bill 114: Provide for Display of Ten Commandments in Public Schools
SB114 mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms and buildings, emphasizing their historical and cultural significance. Schools are permitted to use public funds, private donations, or donated displays to comply with this requirement....
Senate Bill 136: Prohibit Consent as a Defense for Physician Assisted Suicide
SB136 establishes that a patient’s consent to physician-assisted suicide cannot be used as a legal defense for a charge of homicide against the physician involved. It defines physician-assisted suicide as prescribing a lethal dose of medication for self-administration...
Senate Bill 154: Revise prohibition on sale or purchase of human body parts under the revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
SB154 expands Montana’s prohibition on the sale or purchase of human body parts under the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act by explicitly banning the sale or purchase of whole human bodies or fetal tissue for purposes such as transplantation, therapy, research,...
Senate Bill 164: Revise Offense of Endangering the Welfare of Children
SB164 revises Montana’s laws on endangering the welfare of children to explicitly prohibit medical treatments aimed at altering a child’s biological sex or affirming a gender identity inconsistent with their biological sex for children under 16. The bill establishes...
Senate Bill 94: Generally Revise Public Sector Unions Law
SB94 prohibits the use of public funds and resources for labor organization activities, including political advocacy, membership solicitation, and internal labor organization governance, within public sector employment. The bill specifies conditions under which public...
Senate Bill 42 – Provide for the Partisan Election of Judges and Justices
SB42 proposes to restore the judicial election system to its previous format, shifting from the current nonpartisan structure to a partisan system. This change would allow judicial candidates to declare political affiliations and receive party endorsements. The bill...
HB 121- Provide Privacy in certain Restrooms, Changing Rooms, and Sleeping Quarters
HB 121 ensures privacy and safety in multi-occupancy restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters by requiring these spaces to be designated exclusively for males or females based on biological sex. It provides reasonable exceptions for emergencies, custodial...
HB 82 – Generally Revise Laws Related to Crimes Against Children
HB82 strengthens protections against child exploitation by creating the offense of "grooming a child for a sexual offense," expanding definitions of child sexual abuse, and introducing harsher penalties for related crimes. The bill includes lifetime monitoring and...