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Senate concurs in bill removing statutory gender and racial balancing language for state appointments
Summary
House Bill 215, which removes a 1991 statutory provision directing gender and racial balancing on state boards and commissions, passed the Senate 31-19 after floor debate over representation of tribal communities and whether the provision was obsolete or discriminatory.
The Montana Senate on March 21 concurred with House Bill 215, a bill to eliminate a section of state code that referenced gender and racial balancing on appointments to state boards and commissions. Senator Berry Usher moved concurrence; the Senate voted 31 in favor and 19 opposed.
Sponsor Senator Usher described the provision as “code clutter” added in 1991 and argued it could be read as both a mandate and a suggestion.…
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