Legislators Visiting Next Week To Talk Shop

With a busy legislative season only a few weeks away, legislators are gearing up for mountains of paperwork to read and several bills to review. Constituents in Eastern Montana will have a chance to talk with their legislators before the session next week as Montana Senator John Brendan, Representative Mike Lang and Speaker of the House Austin Knudsen stop by Farm Equipment Sales next week.

Sarah Swanson Partridge of FES said that the event is open to anyone who wants to talk about issues that might be coming up in the legislative session, and this will be a chance to ask about bills that may be proposed that could impact here. Issues like education, revising energy laws, tax laws, victims rights and so much more will come across the senate and house floors.

“This is not for legislature to tell us what's important, it's for them to let us tell them what's important to us,” Partridge said about the upcoming event.

She added that the purpose was to bring in people who have interests, people who might have lobbyists for their businesses, and people to meet local legislators and give their perspective. One benefit would be learning about impacts that some legislation might make. She said that this was a nonpartisan event.

The legislators will be at FES on Tuesday, Dec. 16, from 4-7 p.m. It will be an informal setup where people can drop in for a few minutes or stay the whole time.