Below is the legislation we tracked and prioritized during the 2019 legislative session.
End the Criminalization of Poverty |
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HB 217: Stop suspending driver's licenses when people are too poor to pay court debt.
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Signed into law |
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HB 425: Renew Montana's Medicaid expansion. |
Died on House floor. Replaced with HB 658: passed 4/18/19. |
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HJ 9: Study to determine if additional or different services are needed for mental health or substance use disorders as one way to reduce homelessness, and as an alternative to detention and criminal sanctions. |
Tabled in Committee |
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Reform the Criminal Justice System |
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SB 30: Allow peer support services to be covered by Medicaid. |
Tabled in House Committee |
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HB 199: Create criminal penalties for bullying. | Tabled in Commitee |
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SB 65: Increase criminal penalties for driving under the influence. | Tabled in Committee |
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HB 736: restrict the use of solitary confinement in correctional facilities. It would ensure that individuals are only placed in solitary confinement for serious or threatening behavior and for the shortest time possible. |
Signed into law |
Indigenous Justice |
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SB 13: Help formerly incarcerated American Indians re-enter society with fewer barriers to success. Letter in support of SB13 |
Tabled in Committee |
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HB 21: Establishing "Hanna's Act" which authorizes the Department of Justice to assist with investigating all missing persons cases, requires the employment of a missing persons specialist, provides duties, provides and appropriation, and provides an effective date. |
Signed into law |
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HB 40: Creates the reentry cultural programming grant program for American Indian individuals involved with the state or tribal criminal justice system. | Tabled in Committee |
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HB 219: Establishes Indigenous Peoples Day in Montana. |
Tabled in Committee |
Immigrant's Rights |
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HB 146: Establish laws regarding sanctury cities in Montana. |
Passed 4/10/2019 On to Governor |
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HB 147: Referendum to establish sanctuary city laws in Montana | Did not pass. |
Protect and Expand Voting Rights |
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SB 143: Revise voter registration to end at 5 p.m. on the Friday prior to an election. | Tabled in Committee |
Protect Reproductive Rights |
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HB 375: End the shackling of incarcerated pregnant people and ensure access to pre- and post-natal care for pregnant and parenting prisoners. |
Tabled in Committee |
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SB 100: Force the opportunity for an ultrasound before an abortion. |
Vetoed by the Governor |
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HB 500: Prohibits abortion at 20 weeks. |
Vetoed by the Governor |
Protect LGBTQ Rights |
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HB 465: Generally revise the Montana Human Rights Act which which would add "sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression" to the Montana Human Rights Act and finally put to rest any doubt that it is illegal to discriminate against LGBTQ Montanans. | Tabled in Committee |
Abolish the Death Penalty |
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HB 350: Abolish the Death Penalty in Montana Montana Abolition Coalition factsheet |
Tabled in Committee |
