Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB188: Revising appointment of interim committee members
Status: Chaptered, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws relating to the appointment and composition of interim committees; requiring the speaker of the house to appoint interim committee members with advice from the minority leader; providing that the total number of members appointed from each chamber reflect the partisan makeup of the chamber; prohibiting an interim committee from having a majority of its members from the minority party; revising the membership of the environmental quality council; amending sections 5-5-211, 5-5-234, and 5-16-101, mca…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT AND COMPOSITION OF INTERIM COMMITTEES; REQUIRING THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE TO APPOINT INTERIM COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH ADVICE FROM THE MINORITY LEADER; PROVIDING THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS APPOINTED FROM EACH CHAMBER REFLECT THE PARTISAN MAKEUP OF THE CHAMBER; PROHIBITING AN INTERIM COMMITTEE FROM HAVING A MAJORITY OF ITS MEMBERS FROM THE MINORITY PARTY; REVISING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COUNCIL; AMENDING SECTIONS 5-5-211, 5-5-234, AND 5-16-101, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE AND A RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 5-5-211, MCA, is amended to read: "5-5-211. Appointment and composition of interim committees. (1) Senate interim committee members must be appointed by the committee on committees. (2) House interim committee members must be appointed by the speaker of the house with advice from the minority leader. (3) Appointments to interim committees must be made by the time of adjournment of the legislative session. (4) A legislator may not serve on more than two interim committees unless no other legislator is available or is willing to serve. (5) (a) Subject to 5-5-234 and subsection subsections (5)(b) through (5)(d) of this section, the composition of each interim committee must be as and (ii) …
Sponsors
- Stafman, Ed (D, 59) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading Concurred
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
Subjects: Legislature
Common questions
- What is HB188?
- HB188 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revising appointment of interim committee members.
- What does HB188 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws relating to the appointment and composition of interim committees; requiring the speaker of the house to appoint interim committee members with advice from the minority leader; providing that the total number of members appointed from each chamber reflect the partisan makeup of the chamber; prohibiting an interim committee from having a majority of its members from the minority party; revising the membership of the environmental quality council; amending sections 5-5-211, 5-5-234, and 5-16-101, mca…
- What is the status of HB188?
- Chaptered as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB188?
- Stafman, Ed (D, 59).
- Where is the official record for HB188?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1398
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