Gary Perry in MT legislative records
On Abortion:
Would require parental notification for minors' abortions
Less-well-known Republican Gubernatorial candidate
Gary Perry introduced a bill when he was a state senator to require parental notification when a minor has an abortion.
Source: MTPR Public Radio on Montana legislative voting record
May 21, 2019
On Abortion:
If notification unconstitutional, why not for everything
Senate Bill 374, introduced by Sen. Gary Perry, aims to change that law's language to allow for a new constitutionality test. The Republican from Manhattan said its absurd that parental consent is currently required for medicines, tattoos and body
piercings, but not for abortions. "If you believe this bill is unconstitutional, then why have you not declared the unconstitutionality of parental authority for all medical procedures," Perry asked fellow lawmakers.
Source: Helena Independent_Record on Montana voting record SB.374
Feb 25, 2009
On Civil Rights:
Would repeal gender anti-insurance discrimination law
A state Senate panel is looking at the plan to repeal Montana's 25-year-old anti-gender discrimination law. It bans the use of gender in establishing rates on everything from car insurance to life insurance. "It seems like we are about the last state of
all 50 holding onto this so-called unisex insurance provision," said Sen. Gary Perry, R-Manhattan. "And because of that it has created higher rates and less opportunity to have more insurance companies and policies provided for Montana citizens."
Source: Insurance Journal on Montana voting record
Jan 29, 2009
On Crime:
Replace death penalty with life imprisonment without parole
Excerpts from legislation: SB 236: AN ACT: abolishing the death penalty and replacing it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole; revising eligibility for bail; and revising the affirmative defense of compulsion.A person
convicted of the offense of deliberate homicide shall be punished by life imprisonment without possibility of parole [was "shall be punished by death, life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in the state prison for a term between 10 and 100 years "].
The governor may offer rewards up to $1,000 each, for the apprehension of any convict who has escaped from the state prison or any person who has committed an offense punishable by life imprisonment without possibility of parole [was "who
has committed an offense punishable by death"]
Legislative Outcome:Sen. Perry voted YEA; bill passed Senate, 27-23
Source: Montana legislative voting records: SB 236
Feb 17, 2009
On Crime:
Key supporter of death penalty ban
In previous sessions, Perry was one of the vocal
Republican proponents of a ban on the death penalty, which helped get that bill out of the Senate.
Source: Bozeman Daily Chronicle on Montana legislative voting record
Apr 23, 2009
On Drugs:
Sponsored law banning open alcohol containers in vehicles
In previous sessions, Perry has successfully sponsored several high-profile bills. In his first session, in 2003, he sponsored the bill that gave the OK for bison to be hunted again in Montana. In 2005, his bill to ban open containers of alcohol
in vehicles passed, ending a long feud in Montana that set personal freedoms against public safety and federal highway dollars.
Source: Bozeman Daily Chronicle on Montana legislative voting record
Apr 23, 2009
On Jobs:
Ok to discount minimum wage for tipped workers
Excerpts from legislation: SB 253: Allowing Employers to Count Tips as Credit Against Minimum Wage: Remove the phrase: "excluding the value of tips received by the employee" from the existing law "the minimum hourly wage rate as provided
under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" and in existing law "excluding the value of tips received by the employee and the special provisions for a training."OnTheIssues analysis:
The minimum wage was set at $6.15 an hour; this bill would raise the minimum wage to $6.90 an hour, excluding the value of tips received by the employee. That means the minimum wage would go up for non-tipped employees, but would go down for tipped
employees (if their tips summed to more than the difference of $-/75 an hour).
Legislative Outcome:Sen. Perry voted YES, SB 253 Senate rejected 21-29-0 on Feb. 3
Source: Montana legislative voting records: SB 236
Feb 3, 2009
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