HB 150 – Recreational Liability

Governor Schweitzer has done an amendatory veto with HB 150, the recreational liability bill.

The Governor’s veto message and proposed amendments are HERE.

HB 150 now goes back to the Senate and House to see if those chambers will agree with the Governor’s proposed changes.

Because one of the Governor’s proposed changes is to include state entities and state lands within the protections of the bill, the Montana Constitution requires that the Governor’s proposed changes must be approved by 2/3 of the members of each the House and the Senate. On its final passage before going to the Governors desk, HB 150 did get over a 2/3 vote in the Senate, but not in the House (close, but not quite).

HB 150 is still a good bill, but the hill to climb just got a bit harder because the Governor wants the State on the sled we’re pulling.

Pasted below are the members (Representatives) of the House who were Absent and who voted Against HB 150 when it passed the House. These are the people you should contact to ask them to vote FOR HB 150 as amended by the Governor.

Below that is a list of Senators who voted Against HB 150 in the Senate.

Thanks,

Gary Marbut, president
Montana Shooting Sports Association
http://www.mtssa.org
author, Gun Laws of Montana
http://www.mtpublish.com
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HB 150

House members Absent for vote
Hiner, Cynthia
Howard, David
Kasten, Dave
Phillips, Mike
Roundstone, J. David
Steenson, Cheryl

House members voting Against
Barrett, Dick
Beck, Paul
Becker, Arlene
Bergren, Bob
Blewett, Anders
Boland, Carlie
Caferro, Mary
Cohenour, Jill
Dickenson, Sue
Driscoll, Robyn
Fleming, John
French, Julie
Hands, Betsy
Henry, Teresa
Hollenbaugh, Galen
MacDonald, Margaret
McAlpin, Dave
McClafferty, Edith (Edie)
Mehlhoff, Robert
Menahan, Mike
Noonan, Art
Noonan, Pat
Peterson, Ken
Pomnichowski, JP
Reinhart, Michele
Sesso, Jon
Van Dyk, Kendall
Wilmer, Franke
Wiseman, Brady

Senators voting Against HB 150
Branae, Gary
Cooney, Mike
Erickson, Ron
Gallus, Steven
Gillan, Kim
Juneau, Carol
Kaufmann, Christine
Keane, Jim
Laslovich, Jesse
Moss, Lynda
Schmidt, Trudi
Shockley, Jim
Squires, Carolyn
Stewart-Peregoy, Sharon
Wanzenried, David
Williams, Carol