Legislative Report

2-17-23

This week saw appropriations section c wrap up business for this legislative session. We approved the budgets of our respective departments. The next step in the process will be for me as Chair to present these recommendations to the appropriations committee as a whole. At that point the recommendations can be accepted or amended and entered into House Bill 2, the big budget, for presentation to the entire House later in the session.

As part of the Department of Natural Resources budgeting we were able to increase funding for the Montana Grass Conservation Commission. The Commission ha...