Quick Call to Action - Can You Make a Five Minute Call to Support Two Critical Bills?

It’s been an amazing legislative session. We’ll give you a full update after the dust settles, but we’d love some help now.

Can you take three or four minutes to leave a phone message in support of two essential bills that NAMI Montana has been working on for the past few months.

• HB 912 - Rep. Steven Kelly - Establish a forensic mental health facility in Eastern Montana

• HB 949 - Rep. Mary Caferro - Require the state of Montana to create a fee structure and rules for community commitments.

You can call (406) 444-3064 and leave a message for up to five Senators. We recommend leaving messages for five Senators that either in your community or close to your community.

The message could be as simple as the following:

“My name is ____________. I am from ____________. I’d like to leave a message for Senator __________, Senator __________, Senator __________, Senator __________, and Senator __________. Please vote yes for HB 912 and HB 949. These bills are critical to rebuilding our state’s mental health treatment system.”

Here is a list of the Senators. The vote could begin as early as 1:00 pm today.

• Becky Beard of Elliston

• Kenneth Bogner of Miles City

• Ellie Boldman of Missoula

• Mike Cuffe of Eureka

• Willis Curdy of Missoula

• Mary Ann Dunwell of Helena

• Janet Ellis of Helena

• Jason Ellsworth of Hamilton

• Daniel Emrich of Great Falls

• John Esp of Big Timber

• Dave Fern of Whitefish

• Pat Flowers of Belgrade

• John Fuller of Kalispell

• Wylie Galt of Martinsdale

• Bruce "Butch" Gillespie of Ethridge

• Carl Glimm of Kila

• Derek Harvey of Butte

• Denise Hayman of Bozeman

• Greg Hertz of Polson

• Gregg Hunter of Glasgow

• Josh Kassmier of Fort Benton

• Kathy Kelker of Billings

• Emma Kerr-Carpenter of Billings

• Gayle Lammers of Hardin

• Dennis Lenz of Billings

• Denley Loge of St Regis

• Forrest Mandeville of Columbus

• Theresa Manzella of Hamilton

• Tom McGillvray of Billings

• Wendy McKamey of Great Falls

• Jacinda Morigeau of Arlee

• Shane Morigeau of Missoula

• Cora Neumann of Bozeman

• Mark Noland of Bigfork

• Sara Novak of Anaconda

• Andrea Olsen of Missoula

• Bob Phalen of Lindsay

• Christopher Pope of Bozeman

• Matt Regier of Kalispell

• Vince Ricci of Billings

• Laura Smith of Helena

• Russ Tempel of Chester

• Tony Tezak of Ennis

• Jeremy Trebas of Great Falls

• Barry Usher of Billings

• Shelley Vance of Belgrade

• Sue Vinton of Billings

• Susan Webber of Browning

• Jonathan Windy Boy of Box Elder

• Mike Yakawich of Billings

• Daniel Zolnikov of Billings

  
  

You can also leave an online message at this link. https://participate.legmt.gov/