HB121 ensures that local health boards are held more accountable to elected officials such as city councils or county boards by approving, denying, or amending rules or regulations proposed by unelected health boards.
The Montana State House of Representatives passed HB121 on March 1, 2021 by a vote of 68 to 31. We have assigned the pluses to the ayes because a non-elected bureaucratic local health board should not have the authority to shut down or regulate businesses and churches. Our founding fathers believed that checks and balances in government are essential to keeping our elected officials in check with the Constitution to prevent any unconstitutional government overreach.