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Committee records missed vote, approves Senate Bill 31 5-3
Summary
A Montana Senate committee reconvened to record a previously missed vote and approved Senate Bill 31 after a roll call that ended 5-3. Opposition included concerns the measure would affect the public defender system, which the chair disputed.
A Montana Senate committee reconvened to record a missed vote and approved Senate Bill 31 by a 5-3 roll call.
Committee leadership opened the meeting by saying members discovered a previously missed vote on Senate Bill 31 after reviewing meeting recordings. "We evidently missed DA on 1 bill. I guess, we went back and looked at the tape, and we opened it, and then didn't actually vote on it. So and it was, senate bill 31," a committee member said.
The motion to pass Senate Bill 31 was made aloud during…
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