Montana Legislature Brings Vaccine Exemption and Broadband Expansion Bills as Lawmakers Rush to Meet Key Deadline

Lawmakers Race to Introduce Bills Before Key Deadline; House Committee Holds Marathon Hearings

As the Legislature approaches the halfway point of the session -- and a key deadline for general bills -- one House committee heard more than 50 bills in four days, imposing strict time limits on testimony and raising questions about transparency and public access.

That deadline -- called "transmittal" -...