Nice to be home for transmittal

This week marks the halfway point of the 90-day legislative session and the beginning of a weeklong break, called transmittal.

On Friday, Feb. 21, the Senate cleared all bills presented for consideration. The Montana House agreed to let the Senate release early to transmittal. With the House in session, days are still counted as “in session” until next Wednesday, when the House is released for transmittal.

There have been just over 1000 bills introduced during this session, which is actually below average. The budget shortfall situation has contributed to this decrease. Speaking of bills, ther...