With a key legislative deadline approaching at the end of the week, Montana lawmakers have been holding marathon hearings to get through a huge number of bills.
Reporters Mara Silvers and Shaylee Ragar discuss this week's deadline for lawmakers to pass general bills out of their original chamber. There’s a lot of policy to consider, including rules about access to abortion.
Republican bills aimed at limiting the abortion landscape in Montana are advancing, while Democratic priorities to protect existing access find little traction.
Two bills heard Tuesday in the House Judiciary Committee aim to give the Montana Legislature, and individual legislators, options to defend their laws in court, while another sought to implement a public comment period for the public if the state attorney general wants to get involved in litigation.