by Jeff Laszloffy | Mar 18, 2017 | Blog
After years of attempts by groups such as the Montana High School Association, the Montana School Boards Association and President Obama’s Federal Department of Education trying to force schools to allow boys who believe they’re girls to use girls’ locker rooms and...
by Jeff Laszloffy | Mar 17, 2017 | Blog
Today is March 16th. It also marks the 55th day of the 2017 Legislative Session. So we’re well over half-way to the finish line. As is always the case, the heaviest bills come toward the end of the session, and the heaviest of them all is House Bill 2, better known as...
by Jeff Laszloffy | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog
Some days at the legislature would best be described by Yogi Berra as “déjà vu all over again.” Such was the case yesterday in House Judiciary as we debated Senate Bill 282, a bill that would ban the abortion of viable children. This bill passed the Senate on a...
by Jeff Laszloffy | Mar 11, 2017 | Blog
In some cases when the gavel falls signaling the end of a legislative session, it also means the work has just begun on a bill that the legislature passed. Such is the case with Senate Bill 410 from the 2015 legislative session. You may recall Senate Bill 410 was the...
by Jeff Laszloffy | Mar 9, 2017 | Blog
Today the House Judiciary Committee will hear Senate Bill 97 by Senator Keith Regier from Kalispell. The bill, although simple in construct, is highly controversial and passed both the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate floor on party-line votes. Nearly all...
by Jeff Laszloffy | Mar 4, 2017 | Blog
As lobbyists, we spend long hours in the Capitol speaking on bills and acting as a resource to legislators unfamiliar with our issues. In essence, we’re paid to be experts on a narrow range of subjects. At the Montana Family Foundation, our subjects include life,...