Hello Friends, The 62nd session of the Montana Legislature has adjourned on April 28th, 2011 at about 8:45pm of which we finished on the 88th day or two days early. As this was my first 2-year term as an elected official, I have learned a lot in regards to the challenges that face our great state of Montana as well as the many great opportunities we hold. There was a strange kind of excitement in the air as we closed out the session though which was different from when we were sworn in January full of anticipation of the session before us.
Now as we all looked around the room we saw people who we had spent the winter months working with. There were literally births and deaths, mourning and celebrations, disagreements and strong alliances that we shared like a large family at Thanksgiving time. I think we were all excited to return to our homes and families last weekend. We were excited for our achievements and optimistic for the future of Montana and the opportunities that lie ahead.
We were able to finish work on SB 423, which was the medical marijuana bill. It was one of the last (more…)