Leaders of the Montana Legislature deemed Jan. 26 as a Training Day for lawmakers. All legislators are invited to the capitol that Wednesday for refresher courses on campaigns and ethics, preparation of legislation, and other topics. Legislators can talk one on one with technical staff as well as researchers and
The 2021 Montana Code Annotated (MCA) is available online. Published by the Montana Legislative Services Division, these are all the laws passed by the 2021 Legislature integrated into all previous laws that were not altered last session. The web version of the MCA contains the full statute text and
The 2021 Legislative Session is in the books. Now you can read them. Posted online this week are the Session Laws. These are the bills that survived both chambers and the governor’s office. The 2021 Montana Code Annotated will drop in December. (These are all the laws of Montana,
District courts in parts of Montana have been trying out a couple of new approaches to handling child abuse cases, with an eye to improving outcomes for the children and families involved. And a legislative committee has now created a working group to take a closer look at whether those
The Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee will begin work on three mental health studies when it meets Sept. 22 in Helena.
The committee also will hear about the preliminary results of judicial pilot projects involving early hearings and prehearing conferences in child abuse and neglect case.
