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Change to Montana child care subsidy caught in crosshairs of fiscal conservatives

In a lengthy House floor debate that veered into impassioned commentary about free markets and the appropriate role of the government, Montana lawmakers decided against expanding the state’s existing child care subsidy program on Friday. Making child care more affordable is "pro-business," supporters said, because it

Montana Senate advances bill to define 'sex' as binary, despite past legal challenges

Only weeks after a Missoula district court judge ruled a Montana law defining sex as binary was unconstitutional, the Senate passed a bill Thursday that seeks to do the same thing. Senate Bill 437 takes another stab at writing into state law that there are only two sexes: male and

Montana bill to keep trans women out of female sports clears hurdle as Trump signs order

On the same day President Donald Trump signed an executive order prohibiting transgender athletes from girls and women’s sports, members of the Montana Legislature celebrated similar efforts at the state level. A proposal from Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe, a Billings Republican, that would bar people assigned male at birth

MT bill to criminalize providing some health care treatments to trans kids clears Senate

A bill that would make it a crime for adults to help transgender youth access certain medical treatments cleared the Montana Senate on Tuesday with the support of all but two Republicans. Senate Bill 164, sponsored by Sen. John Fuller, R-Kalispell, would make it a felony under Montana’s

Bathroom access, sports and health care: lawmakers debate slate of transgender bills

Three bills that would curb the rights of transgender people continue to march through the Montana Legislature, despite similar past legislative efforts not standing muster in the courts. Legislation that would ban trans individuals from certain bathrooms, criminalize people who help minors obtain gender-affirming care and restrict the participation

Montana 'bathroom bill' poised to pass House after preliminary vote

A bill that would prohibit transgender people from using restrooms that do not align with their sex assigned at birth is poised to pass the Montana House of Representatives. Lawmakers cast preliminary votes along party lines on Wednesday to support the legislation that defines sex as binary. Sex, according to

Montana ‘bathroom bill’ passes committee on party lines

A bill that would require people to use only those bathrooms that align with their sex assigned at birth — including transgender people — passed the House Judiciary Committee on Monday along partisan lines. House Bill 121 defines sex as either male or female, determined by a person’s biological or genetic