This week, we dive into bills that will impact access to justice and dirty our clean water. But first, we review a few good bills!! Two bills that would improve the opencut mining law are up for consideration. Check the links here for more info and links to comment.
Links shared during this call:
- If you want to comment on bills that are not listed here, you can do so through the legislature’s tool: https://leg.mt.gov/web-messaging/
- Register to testify: https://leg.mt.gov/session/have-your-say
- Send messages through MEIC’s website on:
- HB 581: https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/100
- SB 316: https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/97
- SB 287: https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/92
- SB 261: https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/95
- HB 576: https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/98
- HB 473: https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/99
- SB 240: https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/90
- SB 285: https://meic.org/bill-tracker/#/94
- Here’s a story about the recent court case re: solar developer near Billings: https://billingsgazette.com/news/stat…
- Net metering bill: https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2023/billpdf…
- SB 372: http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203…
- The Montana League of Women Voters website is collecting signatures in support of Montana’s constitution. So far about 1500 Montanans have signed on: https://my.lwv.org/montana/montana-st….
- SB 379 info: http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd_pref/LA…
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