Montana Freedom Caucus' 2025 Legislative Session Update - Thursday, April 24, 2025

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House Bill 231, highlighted below, is still waiting on scheduling for Third Reading.

SECOND READING - HOUSE - GOOD - HB 888: Revise local board of health rules for isolation and quarantine - Hinkle, J.

SECOND READING - HOUSE - BAD - SB 535: Revise laws related to experimental treatments - Bogner (Would turn Montana into the world’s largest unregulated human medical experimentation lab)

Bills to Watch

HORRIBLE - SENATE - HB 924: Generally revise state finance laws - Jones (Rather than returning the surplus funds to you, the taxpayer, this bill creates a slush fund for the government)

HORRIBLE - SENATE - HB 2: General Appropriations Act- Jones (THIS YEAR’S BUDGET IS GROWING GOVERNMENT AT A HIGH RATE)(CONCURRED IN SENATE 27-23 - THANKS NASTY-9, RETURNED TO HOUSE WITH AMENDMENTS)

BAD - HOUSE - HB 599: Revise student data collection laws - Nikolakakos, M - (Would allow schools to conduct “mental health screenings” on students. This is an anti-parents rights bill) (PASSED SENATE, RETURNED TO HOUSE)

GOOD - HOUSE - HR 8: House resolution recognizing history of racism and bigotry within democratic party - Hinkle, C (COMMITTEE HEARING COMPLETED)

GOOD - HOUSE - HB 469: Revise the exemption for out-of-state driver's licenses - Sharp (Makes it illegal to drive in Montana with an out of state “privilege” card where they are already not required to prove they are here lawfully: an illegal in Utah could get a privilege card and drive in Montana under the current laws) (TABLED IN COMMITTEE)