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Committee advances bill to simplify how termination dates are recorded in session law
Summary
The Legislative Administration Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 75, which would change how legislative staff codify and amend statutory termination dates, a procedural measure sponsors say will reduce repetitive drafting work without changing lawmakers' authority to set or extend sunsets.
The Legislative Administration Committee on an early-morning voice vote advanced Senate Bill 75, a bill sponsored by Senator Sue Vinton that would alter how termination ("sunset") dates are recorded in session law to simplify later amendments.
Senator Sue Vinton, who represents Senate District 20 in Yellowstone County, said the bill is offered "at the request of legislative council" and asked committee staff to explain the technical details. Jared Coles, deputy legal director for the Montana Legislative Services Division, told the committee the bill is a drafting and statutory-interpretation tool aimed at reducing the workload of codifying repeated sunset extensions.
"What this bill does is it basically says, as…
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