Montana State Legislature

There will be a Joint Rules Committee meeting at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 24, 2020.  This will be a hybrid meeting held from Room 317 in the State Capitol and via Zoom.  The agenda will be to discuss the following 4 proposed amendments and comments.

On September 17, the House Rules Committee, and as affirmed by the Senate Rules Committee members who were present, requested the four proposed rule amendments to be sent to all legislators for comment.  Please submit comment above using "Provide comments" or send directly to sfox@mt.gov.

• Agenda item #1:   Amendment (Ellsworth) to Joint Rule 30-70.   Appointment of interim committees.  (Allows Speaker and President to be ex officio members to be able to break certain ties.)  - Updated 9/18.
• Agenda item #2 and #4:  Amendment (Thomas) to Joint Rules 60-05, 60-10, 60-40 . Source and precedent of legislative rules of the Montana Legislature (to parallel Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure and amendment to Rules by Polling) - Updated 9/18
• Agenda item #3:  Amendment (Thomas) to Joint Rule 10-180. Members present physically or by electronic means - No changes from 9/17 version.
• Agenda item #5:  Amendment (Thomas) creating Joint Rule 50-5. Legislative proclamations -- polling procedure -- No changes from 9/17 version

AGENDA

MINUTES

• Technical changes (Keenan) to the Thomas Amendment (Agenda item #5 above) creating Joint Rule 50-5 on Legislative proclamations is attached. 
• Public comments from Legislators received as of 9/23/20, 5:00 p.m.
• Add'l Public comments from Legislators received as of 9/24/20, 8:00 a.m.

There will be a Joint Rules Committee meeting at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 17, 2020.  This will be a hybrid meeting held from Room 317 in the State Capitol and via Zoom. 

Meeting materials

Agenda  - revised 9/16

Minutes Log

Agenda item #1:  Amendment (Ellsworth) to Joint Rule 30-70.   Appointment of interim committees.  (Allows Speaker and President to be ex officio members to be able to break certain ties.) 

Agenda item #2: Amendment (Thomas) to  Joint Rule 60-05 . Source and precedent of legislative rules of the Montana Legislature (to parallel Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure). 

Agenda item #3:  Amendment (Thomas) to Joint Rule 10-180 . Members present physically or by electronic means.

Agenda item #4:  Amendment (Thomas) to Joint Rule 60-05 . Source and precedent of legislative rules of the Montana Legislature (Amendment to Rules by Polling)

Agenda item #5:  Additional amendments

• Amendment (Thomas) creating Joint Rule 50-5 . Legislative proclamations -- polling procedure
• Amendment (Thomas) creating Joint Rule 10-90 . Procedure to participate remotely or by electronic means
• Amendment (Thomas) amending Joint Rule 40-60 .  Joint Resolutions - adding adopt changes through poll.

**DRAFT***  Montana House Of Representatives -  Official Legislative Ballot on Amendments to The Joint Rules

Submitted Testimony

Letter from Mike Meloy on behalf of Democratic Legislative Caucus

Background Materials

2019 Rules

• Entire Rules
• Appendix
• Joint Rules
• Senate Rules
• House Rules

Remote Session Applicable Law Provisions

Public participation:  These are public meetings. If you wish to view only, the meeting will be streamed live on leg.mt.gov and broadcast on the Montana Public Affairs Network (MPAN). If you want to participate, please email Susan Fox at sfox@mt.gov with your name and a request, and you will be sent conference call information to participate. A time will be provided for oral public comment on the agenda. Requests for conference call participation must be received by 5 p.m. on September 16. If you want to provide written testimony, please email testimony to sfox@mt.gov or submit public comments above.