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Montana House committee advances 16 bills during marathon session


Montana House committee advances 16 bills during marathon session
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and last updated 2021-02-22 21:57:43-05
HELENA — In a marathon session that began at 7 a.m. and ended after 6 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee held hearings on 20 bills and voted to advance 16 of them:
· House Bill 517, from Rep. Bill Mercer, R – Billings, providing stricter marijuana possession penalties for those younger than 21, passed 12-7
· House Bill 435, from Mercer, limiting liability for government agencies and health care providers in COVID-19 cases, passed 12-7
· House Bill 393, from Rep. Jane Gillette, R – Bozeman, requiring courts to consider other factors when amending a parenting plan, passed 18-1 ....

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Opponents call linking food assistance to child support 'cruel'


Legislation that would deny food assistance to parents who have not been cooperating with the state’s efforts to collect child support is getting another airing-out after being vetoed in 2019.
The bill, brought by Billings Republican Rep. Frank Fleming, was sharply criticized Thursday by a succession of single mothers, advocacy group lobbyists and other opponents as endangering already vulnerable women in poverty while yielding minimal cooperation with child support in other states that have enacted similar laws.
“I think it is especially cruel that a bill such as this would be introduced during a pandemic, when instead of finding ways to kick people off of assistance, we should be finding ways to help them,” Danielle Vazquez, with Indigenous Organizers Collective of Montana, told the House Human Services Committee. ....

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