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Montana Senate opens 69th session; clerk reads bills and refers them to committees
Summary
On the opening day of the Montana Senate’s 69th legislative session, the clerk read multiple bills and resolutions and referred them to committee. Senators set committee meeting schedules, announced several public receptions and field trips, and adjourned until the next legislative day.
The Montana Senate convened for the 69th legislative session and the clerk read a slate of bills and resolutions, referring them to committee for further consideration.
The clerk announced that 50 senators were present. “Mister President, 50 senators are are present,” a Senate secretary said during roll call. The clerk then read multiple bill and resolution numbers and said the measures were referred to committee.
The reading and referral covered several groups of measures as recorded in the clerk’s presentation; the transcript shows ranges of bill and resolution numbers read and sent to committee, though some numbers were not fully specified in the clerk’s oral reading.
Following the first reading, senators used the floor to announce committee meetings and related events. Among the items announced: Senate Education will meet at 3 p.m. in room 4-5; a long-range subcommittee will meet at 7 a.m. to board a bus for a tour of the prison at Deer Lodge; a Treasure State Resources Association reception was scheduled from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Delta Colonial Hotel; and a reception honoring Vietnam veterans was set for 5 to 7 p.m. at Carroll College’s Lowenstorf Room. Several committees also posted cancellations or hold notices, including a cancellation for a joint Senate–House ethics committee meeting.
Senators also noted administrative matters: staff and committee secretaries were introduced on the floor, pages for the week were introduced, and senators were asked to review their bios for the session “copper book” with corrections due to the secretary’s office by Thursday, Jan. 9. The clerk said the legislature’s website was still being updated and that correct hearing times would be printed and posted at the “fan window.”
Majority Leader McGillivray moved to adjourn the Senate until the second legislative day at 1 p.m. He called for the ayes, and the motion carried on a voice vote. “All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed, no. And the ayes have it,” Majority Leader McGillivray said. The Senate adjourned and reconvened later as scheduled.
The clerk’s reading and the committee referrals set the procedural path for the measures to receive hearings and potential amendment in committee; no committee hearings on the referred bills were held on the floor during this session segment, and no floor votes on any bill were recorded in the transcript excerpt provided.
