May 1-3, 2024

• Agenda

January 9-10, 2023

• Agenda
  • January 9: Medicaid Expansion, Childcare, Demographics
    • Medicaid Expansion
      • Medicaid Expansion Impact Literature
      • Medicaid Expansion Impact Analysis (Dr. Bryce Ward, ABMJ Consulting)
      • Medicaid in Montana - Manatt Health (Kinda Serafi, Kevin McAvey, Zoe Barnard)
    • Childcare in Montana
      • Childcare & the Montana Workforce (Department of Labor & Industry)
    • Demographics
      • Demographic Report Update
  • January 10: K-12 Education & Data
    • The Future of Education
      • The Future of Smart (Ulcca Joshi Hansen, Chief Program Officer)
      • MT Legislative Learning Session: KnowledgeWorks (Virgel Hammonds, Chief Learning Officer)
    • Reflection on Visit to Bishop Carroll High School
      • Bishop Carroll High School Article (Pad McCracken, LSD Research Analyst)
    • Artificial Intelligence & Implications for Education
      • ​​​​​​​Generative Artificial Intelligence Implications for Education ​​​​​​​(Jason Neiffer, Mike Agostinelli, Caitlin Byers, Montana Digital Academy)
      • Play with Artificial Intelligence for Policymakers (Jason Neiffer, Mike Agostinelli, Caitlin Byers, Montana Digital Academy)​​​​​​​
    • Using Education and Workforce Data to Better Serve Students and Families
      • Data Integration Support Center (DISC) at WestEd (Sean Cottrell, Baron Rodriguez)
    • School Funding: The Decennial Study & Data Have, Wants, Needs
      • Decennial Study of School Funding Overview (Pad McCracken, LSD Research Analyst)
      • ​​​​​​​Basics of School Funding Studies (Michael Griffith, Senior Researcher & Policy Analyst, Learning Policy Institute)
      • Property Tax Model (Julia Pattin, LFD Fiscal Analyst)

October 16-17, 2023

• Agenda
  • Property Tax
    • Residential Property Taxes
    • General Property Tax Growth Dashboard
    • Property Tax Study: Using Data to Identify Potential Problems
  • Housing
    • Montana Housing Sales Dashboard
    • Housing Census & Economic Information Center Dashboard (Department of Commerce)
    • Montana Housing Situation Dashboard (Department of Commerce)
    • Housing Analysis Update
  • Individual Income Tax
    • Individual Income Tax: Analysis of New Montana Residents in CY 2020 & CY 2021
      • Individual Income Tax Presentation
    • State Tax Policy Modeling Summary (Pew Charitable Trusts)
  • ​​​​​​​Big Sky Economic Impact Analysis Overview
  • Challenges & Opportunities in Scenery States

August 1, 2023

• Agenda
  • Economic Futures (Eli Dourado, Utah State University)
  • I-West Phase One Final Report
  • 2023 Land Use Legislation
  • Overview of Minneapolis Fed's Analysis of the Minneapolis 2040 Plan (Libby Starling, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
  • Housing Research & Updates (Alex Horowitz, Pew Charitable Trusts)
  • 95 Mills Reappraisal Impacts (Nick VanBrown, LFD)
  • Update on Inventory & Status of Data Projects (Nick VanBrown, LFD)

June 15, 2023

• Agenda
  • MARA Kick-Off the Interim Presentation (PowerPoint)
    • ​​​​​​​PDF Version
  • MARA Topic Survey (June 10, 2023)

Reports and data requests will be uploaded once available.

MARA 2023 Biennium

» MARA Data Project

Legislative non-partisan staff under the direction of the Modernization and Risk Assessment (MARA) Committee compiled data from across Montana. Once the data was put together, economic, demographic, and financial interactions and trends emerged providing a glimpse at the future.

August 1, 2023
Minutes

June 15, 2023
Minutes

October 16 & 17, 2023
Minutes

» Submit Public Comment

October 17, 2023
​​​​​​​ Senator Mary Ann Dunwell

Legislative Committee Members:

• Rep. Llew Jones
• Rep. Mary Caferro
• Rep. Jim Hamilton
• Rep. Bill Mercer
• Sen. John Esp
• Sen. Christopher Pope

Non-Legislative Committee Members:

• Kendall Cotton
• Dwaine Iverson
• Heather O' Loughlin
• Lance Fourstar

"Section 1. Modernization and risk analysis committee.

(1) There is a modernization and risk analysis committee. The committee shall study the long-term future budget and revenue needs of the state with changing economics and demographics.

(2) The modernization and risk analysis committee is a bipartisan committee consisting of the following:

(a) six members of the legislative finance committee, with three members appointed by the presiding officer and three members appointed by the vice presiding officer of the legislative finance committee;

(b) four members who are not officials or employees in the executive or legislative branches with two appointed by the presiding officer and two appointed by the vice presiding officer of the modernization and risk analysis committee; and

(c) an interim committee chairperson and vice chairperson of opposite parties as temporary voting members of the committee. The presiding officer of the modernization and risk analysis committee shall invite the two members based on the relevance at least one of the topics of the upcoming meeting to the subject matter under the jurisdiction of a specific interim committee. If the chairperson or vice chairperson of the interim committee is unable to attend, the chairperson or vice chairperson may designate a member of the interim committee. The interim committee chairperson and vice chairperson must be invited at least 30 days prior to the meeting date."

Continue reading about the establishment of the Modernization and Risk Analysis committee in
HB 140.