1/ Think tank policy and the 67th Montana Legislature montanafreepress.org/2021/06/04/ale… GQP legislators this session tackled issues that #ALEC, the Heritage Foundation and Americans for Prosperity pushed nationwide with model bills. Many are now law in Montana and dozens of other states.
2/ ALEC appears to have taken notice of the state’s embrace of its agenda from transgender rights to the environment, as evidenced by a recent announcement that #ALEC staff will be traveling to Montana this summer to “discuss the issues that matter to you and your communities.”
3/ Montana HB218 aimed to eliminate so-called free speech zones on university campuses. HB349 prohibited universities from limiting a student group’s access to funding and campus facilities. These were based on #ALEC’s 'Forming Open and Robust University Minds Act' model policy.
4/ Two separate lawsuits have been filed in Montana to terminate same-day voter registration, narrow photo identification requirements for registrants, and mandate annual updates to county voter rolls - provisions squarely in line with recommendations by the Heritage Foundation
5/ Last year, #ALEC wrote the 'Liability Protection for Employers in a Declared Disaster or Public Emergency Act'. Montana’s own liability shield, Senate Bill 65, may "echo" ALEC model policy, but was claimed to be largely homegrown.
6/ ALEC's 'Emergency Power Limitation Act', broadens legislative oversight of executive orders and actions taken in response to emergency situations. Montana's HB 230 did that “based on the same or substantially similar facts and circumstances” - a quote taken from #ALEC's bill
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