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HELENA - Senators on a special committee will attempt to roll three bills into one to build Montana’s recreational marijuana program.
Sen. Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton is the chair of the committee tasked with implementing the legalization of recreational marijuana, which voters approved of in 2020 with the passage of Ballot Initiative 190.
“I would love to see a nonpartisan bipartisan bill,” Ellsworth said.
Crafting the final legislation will be a process of compromising numerous amendments. One implementation bill,
proposed changes from the House of Representatives. Sixteen of them have been attached to the bill. Some seek to
Republican Lawmakers Escalate Challenge Over Supreme Court Communications
Montana Republican legislative leaders have subpoenaed the Montana Supreme Court’s seven justices and court administrator, looking for evidence of alleged bias over bills that could be challenged in court. It is the latest development in a conflict brewing between the state’s legislative and judicial branches.
The subpoenas tell the justices to produce by Monday any internal communications about pending legislation moving through the statehouse. Court Administrator Beth McLaughlin has also been ordered to appear Monday before a committee Republican lawmakers formed to investigate the judiciary.
Montana Democrats are decrying the move as an attack on the separation of powers between the three branches of state government.
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Republicans escalate battle with Supreme Court, subpoenaing all justices
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Republicans at the Legislature have issued subpoenas to all seven justices on the Supreme Court, ordering them to produce internal communication documents.
By: Mike Dennison
and last updated 2021-04-15 14:53:01-04
HELENA â Republican leadership at the Montana Legislature Thursday ratcheted up their inquiry into alleged bias by the Montana Supreme Court, ordering its justices to produce, by Monday, any internal communications about bills before the Legislature.
GOP leaders issued legislative subpoenas to the seven justices and Court Administrator Beth McLaughlin, telling the seven justices to produce the documents at the Capitol by Monday afternoon.
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