Committee: State Administration and Veterans' Affairs Interim Committee
Author: Sheri Scurr
Posted on July 24, 2018
At its July 18, meeting, the State Administration and Veterans' Affairs Interim Committee (SAVA), approved the following two bill drafts as committee bills:
The committee requested the following two potential committee bills, which will be further considered at the committee’s next meeting:
The committee also requested additional research on laws in other states about public access to data about registered voters, including exact birth dates.
With respect to SAVA’s review of agency bill draft request proposals, motions to authorize the bill draft request proposals by the Secretary of State's Office, the Commissioner of Political Practices, and the Department of Administration failed on tied votes. Therefore, the committee did not authorize bill draft requests on behalf of these agencies. When agency bill draft requests are not authorized by an interim committee, the bill may not be designated as an agency bill. Instead, the agency must ask an individual legislator to make the bill draft request.
Finally, the date of SAVA's next meeting was changed from Aug. 23 to Sept. 6. Planned agenda items include:
For more information, please visit SAVA's website or contact Sheri Scurr, committee staff, at
444-3596 or sscurr@mt.gov.