At the end of a press conference Thursday after the echoes of the final gavel rang through the House and Senate chambers, Republican lawmakers started asking where to get a copy of talking points to take back home.
For GOP members of all stripes, the list of party wins to show their constituents is long â from a slew of tax cuts and lifting regulations on businesses to reducing access to abortion and increasing places where firearms can be carried.
Majority Republicans came to Helena with a self-branded mandate after one of the most dominant election showings in years. They left last week claiming victory over the agenda laid out in January.Â
UM Legislative News Service House Minority Leader Kim Abbott, D-Helena, speaks at a press conference following the end of the 67th legislative session. Democrats touted their accomplishments with broadband and healthcare while decrying Republican efforts to investigate the judiciary and slash income taxes.
HELENA The 67th session of the Montana Legislature came to a close Thursday evening.
The legislature advanced some hefty policy over the last 80 days, including Montana’s 2-year $12 billion budget, a bill implementing recreational marijuana and another bill directing about $2 billion in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act.
Also on the docket were bills restricting abortion, limiting the rights of transgender youth, expanding gun rights and reforming taxes.
Montana lawmakers wrapped up the 2021 regular session here Thursday – but not without a technical glitch, delays on an aborted marijuana bill and some parting, partisan barbs.