Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB14: Audit Office of Disciplinary Council
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring the legislative audit division to audit the office of disciplinary counsel; requiring the judicial branch to cover the cost of the audit; and amending section 5-13-102, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT DIVISION TO AUDIT THE OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL; REQUIRING THE JUDICIAL BRANCH TO COVER THE COST OF THE AUDIT; AND AMENDING SECTION 5-13-102, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Audit of office of disciplinary counsel. (1) There must be a one-time performance audit of the office of disciplinary counsel. The performance audit must be conducted by or at the direction of the legislative auditor and may include but is not limited to: (a) an audit creating a thorough understanding of each funding source and how the office of disciplinary counsel is funded and from where, how much money is received from each funding source, and how each dollar from each source is spent over the past 10 years; and (b) an analysis of budgets, costs, and functions of the office of disciplinary counsel over time. (2) The legislative auditor shall scope and plan the audit based on risk, including a consideration of the office of disciplinary counsel's financial, operational, and technological risks associated with meeting its intended purpose, goals, objectives, and legal mandates. The legislative auditor shall consider all of the responsibilities, goals, and objectives of the office of disciplinary counsel as part of the legislative auditor's scoping …
Sponsors
- Usher, Barry (R, 19) · primary sponsor
- Millett, Tom (R, 2)
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (H) 2nd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (H) Committee Report
- : (H) Committee Executive Action
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (S) Transmitted to House
- : (S) 3rd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (March 27, 2025): 43 yea, 56 nay, failed
- Do Pass (February 6, 2025): 30 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 5, 2025): 32 yea, 16 nay, passed
Subjects: Courts, Professions and Occupations A-D, Professions and Occupations Generally
Common questions
- What is SB14?
- SB14 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Audit Office of Disciplinary Council.
- What does SB14 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring the legislative audit division to audit the office of disciplinary counsel; requiring the judicial branch to cover the cost of the audit; and amending section 5-13-102, mca.".
- What is the status of SB14?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB14?
- Usher, Barry (R, 19), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB14?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0620
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