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Transportation committee staff set amendment rules, preview SB 59 hearing and run safety briefing
Summary
Committee staff asked members to allow 24 hours for drafting amendments and discouraged conceptual same-meeting amendments; Chair Durham announced a Friday hearing on Senate Bill 59, the sergeant of arms gave a safety briefing, and the committee approved a $40-per-member snack fund by unanimous consent.
Helena — At its organizational meeting, the Montana House Transportation Committee set several operational expectations: staff asked for time to draft amendments, the chair set a near-term hearing schedule that includes Senate Bill 59, and the sergeant of arms delivered a safety briefing and led a practice evacuation.
Casey Palister, research analyst with the Legislative Services Division, told members that staff will not draft amendments unless a legislator signs or authorizes them and asked colleagues to "give us 24 hours to create the…
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