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We’re on the downhill slide of the 65th Legislature with just about a month of the session left, and bills are beginning to shake out of the process on the home stretch. This week, the Seed Bill - Senate Bill 155 - passed its last legislative vote by a wide majority and is in its final preparation process to become law. Next stop: the governor’s desk. This bill will provide important regulatory consistency for farmers and ranchers across Montana. The Seed Bill is not about limiting local control; rather, it’s about putting the regulation of se...
We’re well into the second half of the Legislative session, and it was another busy week in Helena. At this point, many of the bills we see before committees are bills we’ve previously testified on that are completing the second half of their journey through the legislative process. House Bill 110: Revise laws for filing of exempt water right claims Sponsored by Rep. Brad Hamlett (D) HD 23, Cascade. Heard in Senate Natural Resources Committee Friday, March 10. Not to be confused with ‘exempt wells,’ House Bill 110 creates a deadline for fil...
This week, the House Agriculture Committee heard what was arguably one of the most important pieces of legislation to agriculturalists in Montana this session. Senate Bill 155 - the “seed bill” -- aims to provide consistency in our state’s seed laws and protect the private property rights of Montana’s family farmers and ranchers. This is a piece of legislation written as a result of collaboration among Montana’s leading agricultural organizations and their grassroots memberships. Farmers in our state grow crops based on upon a few key princ...
