Senate Bills

The bill coordinates federal and Montana law enforcement on irregular migration, funds rural community response costs, preserves lawful asylum protections, and requires civil-rights compliance, public reporting, and local consultation.

Expands funding for immigration enforcement personnel, federally regulated detention capacity, and border technology while improving federal-state information sharing. It retains federal oversight, judicial review, legal counsel where required, and due-process protections.

Expands competitive HUD grants to build, rehabilitate, and preserve affordable rental housing, prioritizing local funding partnerships, streamlined permitting, 30-year affordability, tenant protections, and transparent cost reporting.

Requires federal agencies to notify designated state law enforcement when unlawfully present noncitizens accused of serious crimes are detained, transferred, or released, while preserving privacy and due-process protections.

Creates competitive HUD grants for high-cost communities to build, rehabilitate, and preserve affordable rental and workforce housing, with local approval, matching contributions, long-term affordability, and anti-displacement protections.

Creates a seasonal guest-worker program for verified farms with labor shortages, pairing streamlined visas and worker portability with electronic verification, workplace protections, employer penalties, border security, and congressional reporting.

Requires DHS to file standardized quarterly reports on immigration enforcement operations and spending, while directing federal audits and corrective plans to address waste, delays, and performance failures without exposing personal or sensitive law-enforcement information.

Establishes competitive HUD grants to convert vacant commercial properties into energy-efficient affordable workforce and supportive housing, with prevailing-wage, accessibility, affordability, and reporting requirements.

Expands federal grants and low-interest financing for affordable and workforce rental housing, prioritizing areas with severe shortages and high rents. It also rewards voluntary zoning reforms near transit and job centers while retaining local planning authority.

Establishes competitive HUD grants for long-term affordable rental housing and requires participating landlords to follow lease-transparency, tenant-protection, and fair-eviction standards.