Montana State Legislature

Meeting Materials

At its last meeting of the interim, the Montana Legislature's State-Tribal Relations Committee adopted the following bill drafts as committee legislation for the 2021 session and finalized reports for its major studies. Final reports will be posted on the committee's website as they are published.

• Study of improving communication between the state and tribes in cases of child abuse and neglect
  • Creating a 5-day Shelter Care Hearing ( HJR 48/49-1a ) (joint legislation with the Children and Families Committee)
  • Final report

• Study of runaway youth
  • Homeless shelter consent -  (PD0006 HS)
  • Graduation requirements -  (PD0007 HS)
  • Contracts for housing - (PD0014 HS)
  • Final report

• HJ 10 study of barriers to American Indian voting
  • Final report
     
• Study of highway maintenance within reservation boundaries
  • Motor carrier service bill draft ( PD0007 TH ) 
  • Fort Belknap requested legislation regarding distribution of certain highway funds
     
• Bill draft re: federal recognition of the Little Shell ( PD0001 )
   
• Missing persons-related proposals
  • Establishing a missing persons review commission - (PD0008)
  • Establishing a missing persons response team training grant program - (PD0010)
  • Extending the Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force - (PD0011)
  • Extending the Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force and the Looping in Native Communities grant program - (PD0012)
  • STRC Action Report