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The Session Week 6: Vaccines, Coal, and Public Assistance Programs
As of mid-day Friday 731 bills have been introduced, and Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed 2 bills into law. This week, we’re watching bills about vaccines, Colstrip, and public assistance programs.
Senate Bill 132 carried by Sen. Keith Regier, a Republican from Kalispell, would require employers that require workers to be vaccinated to uniformly offer exemptions. In other words, if a workplace requires vaccinations and offers alternative accommodations for medical or religious reasons, that same alternative must be available to any employee who requests.
House Bill 332 is carried by Rep. Ed Hill, a Republican from Havre. It would expand the definition of “immunizations” required for school attendance to include previous infection and recovery and “homeoprophylaxis,” a type of homeopathy, a medical system based on the belief that the body can heal itself aided by small amounts of naturally occurring
As of mid-day Friday, 731 bills have been introduced, and Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed 2 bills into law. This week, we’re watching bills about vaccines, Colstrip and public assistance programs.
The Endless War Over How Judges Are Selected Across the country, legislators are trying to gain more control over their states courts. Many of the efforts are from Republicans aiming to diminish the role of judicial nominating commissions. Billy Corriher, Judicial Issues Writer | February 12, 2021 | Analysis
State legislators across the country are proposing fundamental changes to how judges are chosen. Some pending bills would end judicial elections in favor of appointment. But in several states, Republicans want to limit or end the role of judicial nominating commissions in choosing nominees for judgeships.
The bills are part of a recent trend of legislators trying to gain more control over courts. The Brennan Center for Justice counted 42 bills in the 2020 legislative sessions that would have diminished the role or independence of courts and reported that 11 of them would have changed how judges are chose
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Our state and the way of life we have enjoyed for decades is in danger of being lost. With a new governor and new Legislature in session, itâs vital Montana citizens are aware of the harmful actions occurring right now in Helena: politicizing our courts, substantially remaking state government, diminishing Montanans rights, and consolidating power in the Governorâs Office.
Even though no problem exists with the current process, the governor and some Republican legislators are seeking to eliminate the judicial nomination process for vacancies that has existed since Montanaâs Constitution was enacted in the 1970s. They want to revert to an outdated system, abolish the judicial nomination committee, and allow the governor to handpick whomever he wants to fill judicial vacancies with no independent check on qualifications. Senate Bill 140, by Sen. Keith Regier, assigns all power to the governor for vacancies and politicizes our cour