HB 288 establishes that a father’s financial obligation to support a child begins at conception, ensuring that both parents share financial responsibilities throughout pregnancy. The bill mandates prenatal child support, covering medical and living expenses for...
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House Bill 316: Constitutional Amendment to Define Person
HB316 proposes a constitutional amendment to define "person" as including all members of mankind at any stage of development, beginning at fertilization or conception. This amendment would extend legal protections to unborn children, reinforcing pro-life principles in...
House Bill 331: Generally Revise Laws Relating to Marijuana Advertising
HB 331 imposes strict advertising regulations on marijuana businesses, prohibiting them from using billboards, online ads, and media promotions that could target minors or normalize marijuana use. The bill seeks to limit public exposure to marijuana marketing while...
House Bill 320: Establish the Montana’s Academic Prosperity Program for Scholars Act
HB 320 establishes Montana’s Academic Prosperity Program for Scholars (MAPPS), an education savings account (ESA) initiative that allows families to use tax-credit-funded accounts for private schooling, homeschooling, tutoring, and other educational expenses. The bill...
Senate Bill 139: Eliminate Clergy Exemption in Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect
SB139 eliminates the clergy exemption from mandatory reporting laws, requiring priests, pastors, and other religious leaders to report suspected child abuse even if the information was obtained in a confessional or confidential religious setting. This bill violates...
House Bill 215: Revise Laws on State Appointments and Vacancies of Executive Boards and Commissions
HB 215 removes gender and racial balancing requirements in state hiring and appointments, ensuring that positions are filled based on merit and qualifications rather than diversity quotas. It reinforces equal opportunity employment without mandated DEI (Diversity,...
House Bill 300: Generally Revise Laws Related to Discrimination in Education
HB300 prohibits biological males from participating in female athletic programs and requires educational institutions to provide sex-segregated facilities such as restrooms, locker rooms, and sleeping quarters based on biological sex. It includes exceptions for...
Senate Bill 114: Provide for Display of Ten Commandments in Public Schools
SB114 mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms and buildings, emphasizing their historical and cultural significance. Schools are permitted to use public funds, private donations, or donated displays to comply with this requirement....
Senate Bill 136: Prohibit Consent as a Defense for Physician Assisted Suicide
SB136 establishes that a patient’s consent to physician-assisted suicide cannot be used as a legal defense for a charge of homicide against the physician involved. It defines physician-assisted suicide as prescribing a lethal dose of medication for self-administration...
Senate Bill 154: Revise prohibition on sale or purchase of human body parts under the revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act.
SB154 expands Montana’s prohibition on the sale or purchase of human body parts under the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act by explicitly banning the sale or purchase of whole human bodies or fetal tissue for purposes such as transplantation, therapy, research,...