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  • Your Boots on the Hill: Halftime (Transmittal Break) Report

    Rachel Cone and Nicole Rolf, Montana Farm Bureau Federation|Mar 8, 2023

    This week over 200 bills were heard on Monday and Tuesday before the Chambers headed to the floor to wrap up before today’s transmittal deadline. From week one of the session to today, we’ve worked on 52 bills and here is where some of the major bills stand at the transmittal break: For many Sessions in a row, MFBF has reported on our opposition to several “placarding” bills. Promoted as “Country of Origin Labeling” bills, the legislation would force retailers to post signs indicating where the beef and pork on their shelves was “born, rais...

  • 68th Montana Legislature kicks off with Water Rights, Taxation, Red Tape Removal and Grizzly Bears

    Rachel Cone and Nicole Rolf, MT Farm Bureau Federation|Jan 25, 2023

    The 68th Montana Legislative Session is in full swing and the halls of the Montana Capitol are once again filled with legislators, lobbyists, media, constituents and many others. Time has flown since the last Session adjourned and we are happy to be back in-person representing Montana’s farmers and ranchers. Here is what our focus has been to date: Red Tape Removal. A big theme of the session has been reducing the regulatory burden for all Montanans. Many of the bills we have supported in the 2023 Session have been under the A...

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