Legislature hearing bills in 66th session

Snow is starting to fall, cattle are being fed and the Legislature is back in Helena for the 66th Legislative Session. This session 58 Republicans and 42 Democrats have pulled up stakes and moved to Montana’s capitol for the next approximately three-and-a-half months to try and make our state a better place to live.

There have not been many bills heard so far over the past two weeks, but what they lack in number, they make up in substance. In the House Judiciary Committee, we have heard bills concerning the board of pardons and parole, missing persons reports and child abuse.

In the A...