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Committee records executive-action votes: HB 144 and HB 159 advance; HB 160 fails
Summary
The House Local Government Committee conducted executive action on multiple bills. House Bill 144 and House Bill 159 were approved out of committee (voice votes with aye-by-proxy recordings). House Bill 160 was amended but lost a roll-call vote and was tabled after a 7–10 vote.
During executive action on March 11 the Montana House Local Government Committee recorded outcomes on three bills.
House Bill 144: The committee moved that the bill do pass. Members used a voice vote; proxies were recorded for Representatives Fitzpatrick, Gist and Seekins Crow, who were listed as voting "aye" by proxy. The committee chair announced the bill passed out of committee.
House Bill 159: The committee moved that the bill do pass. The motion was approved in a voice vote; representatives Fitzpatrick, Gist and Seekins Crow were recorded as voting "aye" by proxy. The chair announced HB 159 passed out of committee.
House Bill 160: The committee considered an amendment that narrowed the bill’s preemption language to exclude plastics from the statutory ban on local auxiliary-container regulation (a compromise the sponsor described as retaining a limit on municipalities regulating a wide variety of materials while permitting local regulation specifically for plastics). After debate the sponsor moved that HB 160 do pass as amended. A roll-call vote followed: Staffman, Elvrom, Feyant, Cordum, Lee, Strand and Joy voted aye; Brewster, Springer, Bertolio, Cochran, Espin, Overstreet, Rexton and proxies for Gist, Seekins Crow and Fitzpatrick voted no. The clerk announced a tally of 7 ayes and 10 nos; the motion failed and the bill was tabled.
Ending: The committee advanced two bills and did not advance HB 160 after recorded opposition defeated the motion as amended.
